Month May 2015

Monticello

1-2397573052 VAu001213222, 2015-05 Virginia Georgia Quebec, @VAu 1-213-222, Architecture, Content, Event, Event - Travel, High Contrast, Photography, Travel, Window

I expect that having circular windows in a circular (oval) room was an effort to maintain architectural integrity.  

Monticello

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Inside the house we were allowed to photograph only the oval room on the top floor of the house.  The reason cited was for copyright reasons. Naturally I took several pictures of this room, as did everyone else on the…

Monticello

1-2397573052 VAu001213222, 2015-05 Virginia Georgia Quebec, @VAu 1-213-222, Architecture, Bright, Building, Content, Event, Event - Travel, House, Photography, Travel

In front of the house is an open field framed by a walking path.  Here one can find recreations of some of the gardens.  Plants which would have been used in Jefferson’s time are noted.  From the pinnacle of the…