The University of Virginia is a renowned public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819, it is the flagship university of Virginia and a World Heritage site. The grounds feature stunning Jeffersonian architecture, and the campus is recognized as a model for university campuses in the country. It is most notable in the Academical Village, an area of the lawn that is a large, terraced green space surrounded by academic and residential buildings, the Range, the gardens, and the university around it. The main element of the design and the symbol of the university is the Rotunda at the north end of the lawn. The lawn and the rotunda became the model for designs of "centralized green areas" at universities all over the country.

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