home & burial place of Thomas Jefferson, near Charlottesville, Va.
See Monticello in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mŏnˌtĭ-chĕlˈō, -sĕlˈō)
An estate of central Virginia southeast of Charlottesville. Designed by Thomas Jefferson, it was begun in 1770 and was his home for 56 years. Owned by other families from shortly after Jefferson's death until 1923, it is now a national shrine.