Charlottesville is a city in Virginia. Itās home to the University of Virginia, with its core campus designed by Thomas Jefferson. On the outskirts, Jeffersonās mountain-top plantation, Monticello, includes a mansion and rebuilt slave quarters. Highland, President James Monroeās home, retains many original furnishings. The city is a gateway to Shenandoah National Park, along a section of the Blue Ridge Mountains
