弗吉尼亚大学的历史渊源(有声)

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        Column after white column. Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian stand before a backdrop of red brick. Serpentine Walls and domes round out the architecture of the University of Virginia, designed by the nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson.
        A statue of Jefferson overlooks the grounds that carry reminders of a time long ago. Jefferson was also the first secretary of state, appointed by the nation's first president, George Washington. Alexander Gilliam is the school's history officer.
        “After the Revolutionary War, he was appointed Minister of France - minister would be equivalent to ambassador now - and when he came back, Washington asked him to be secretary of state," said Gilliam.
        Jefferson was a visionary, who ignored the tradition of building a school around a church. Instead, the university was designed around a library housed in this rotunda, a one-fourth sized model of the Pantheon in Rome.