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Off the Beaten Path in University of Virginia

The real University of Virginia lives beyond the tourist trail. In the neighborhoods where locals actually spend their time, you'll find the authentic character, the unmarked restaurants, and the quiet corners that make a city worth knowing.

Thomas Jefferson's 'Academical Village' — a UNESCO World Heritage campus designed by a founding father around a lawn of classical pavilions.

Top Off the Beaten Path Spots

•The Rotunda — Jefferson's centerpiece, modeled after Rome's Pantheon at half-scale, serving as the library
•The Lawn — a UNESCO World Heritage terraced green flanked by 10 pavilions in different classical styles
•Serpentine walls — Jefferson's curved, one-brick-thick garden walls, the only surviving examples of his design

Hidden Off the Beaten Path Gems

•Pavilion Gardens — private gardens behind each Lawn pavilion, connected by serpentine walls, accessible through the colonnade passages
•Edgar Allan Poe's room — Room 13 West Range, where Poe lived as a student in 1826, preserved as a small shrine

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