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Q: What is the Rotunda?

A: It's a big dome.

Q: Who designed it?

A: Jefferson

Q: What's inside of the Rotunda?

A: Well, there's like rooms inside.

Q: What's inside the rooms?

A: Desks, so you can study.

Q: What was it used for?

A: Its original purpose? Damn, I don't know. Let me think about this for a minute

Auditorium. Observatory.

Q: What is its purpose now?

A: It's like a landmark.

Q: Why did Jefferson want it to be the focal point of the University?

A: I think it's French. He was a French freak. Because Jefferson was a Francophile, and he wanted something French in the middle.

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