The Rotunda, U.Va.

Time 2020-09-12 01:05:05

Web Name: The Rotunda, U.Va.

WebSite: http://rotunda.virginia.edu

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The Rotunda is open to students, faculty, staff by swipe card access only Monday - Friday from 9 am to 10 pm, Closed Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 10pm.Historical Tours are canceled for the forseeable future.  Please visit www.uvaguides.org for more information.Please call 434-924-7969 with any questions.PLEASE NOTE: The University is implementing a delayed start to the fall semester. Information and FAQs are available on the Return to Grounds website and the Fall 2020 Student Resource website, which will be updated frequently. The Rotunda at the University of Virginiawas designed by Thomas Jefferson as the architectural and academic heart of the University’s community of scholars. He named the University’s original buildings the “Academical Village.” As the phrase suggests, the Academical Village is based on the Jeffersonian principle that learning is a lifelong process, and that interaction between faculty and students is vital to the pursuit of knowledge.Jefferson modeled the Rotunda after the Pantheon, a second-century temple in Rome. Construction began in 1822 and was completed in 1826, shortly after Jefferson’s death on July 4 of that year. Built at a cost of almost $60,000, it was the last structure to be finished on the Lawn. Together with Monticello, the Academical Village is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.Hours of OperationThe Rotunda is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm.Historical Tours:  Regular historical tours are offered at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, and 2:00 pm every day during the academic year (except home football game days) and leave from the Rotunda's Lower East Oval Room. Tours are offered free of charge.Student Study Hours: During fall and spring semesters the Rotunda is open to students for studying from 5-10pm Sunday - Tuesday throughout the semester, and until midnight during exams.For more information about visiting the Rotunda, please call 434-924-7969.  Trick-or-Treating on the LawnA longtime tradition established by students in the late 1980s, Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn is not only a highly anticipated event for the University each year, it is also open to and eagerly awaited by children and families from the local community.This year's event will be held on Wednesday, October 31 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Emancipation in History and MemoryLincoln-signed copies of both the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment and a document handwritten by Frederick Douglass will be exhibited in the North Oval Room of the Rotunda. Rector of the Board of Visitors Frank M. “Rusty” Conner will provide remarks. "This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind.  For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."-Thomas Jefferson, 1820 Request a ReservationCurrently accepting reservation requests through December 31, 2020.Reservation requests for January - July 2021 will be considered beginning at 9:00 a.m. on October 5, 2020.Submit Reservation RequestPHONE: 434-924-7969EMAIL: rotunda@virginia.edu© 2020 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

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