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University of Virginia Rotunda 2006
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia, famously designed by the third US president Thomas Jefferson.

A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any building with a circular plan, and sometimes covered by a dome. It may also refer to a round room within a building. A famous example include the the one below the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C..

  • Vera, Gervers-Molnár (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, Budapest
  • József, Csemegi (1949): A tarnaszentmáriai templom hajójának stíluskritikai vizsgálata. (Studies on the Nave of the Church at Tarnaszentmária.) in: Antiquitas Hungarica III (1949), 92-107.

Images for kids

  • Skalica st george

    Rotunda svätého Juraja (Romanesque Rotunda of St.George in Skalica, Slovakia from 11th century)

  • SIF-Beehive-3-Cropped

    The St. George Rotunda (4th century) and some remains of Serdica can be seen in the foreground

  • Ac.galerius2

    The famous Rotunda church in Thessaloniki, Greece

  • Pisa Campo Miracoli

    The Baptistery at the Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Italy

  • ØsterlarsRundkirke

    The most well known Danish rotunda is the village parochial church at Østerlars.

  • Rotunda-stary-plzenec

    Rotunda in Starý Plzenec (Old Pilsen near Pilsen, Czech Republic), from the 10th century

  • Nagytotlak

    Romanesque village church in Selo, Slovenia

  • Öskü - Rotunda

    Rotunda, Öskü, Hungary

  • Kiszombor, körtemplom

    Rotunda, Kiszombor, Hungary

  • Szalonna church

    Rotunda rebuilt into bigger church. Szalonna, Hungary.

  • Jurko2

    Great Moravian rotunda of St. George. Nitrianska Blatnica, Slovakia

  • Sivetice rotunda

    Sv. Margity Antiochijskej - Biggest rotunda in Central Europe. Šivetice, Slovakia

  • Ducove

    Foundations of Great Moravian rotunda in Kostolec hillfort. Ducové, Slovakia

  • 11 Temple of Heaven

    Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the Temple of Heaven

  • Snail pit tulou

    Tianluokeng tulou cluster

  • Sanchi Stupa from Eastern gate, Madhya Pradesh

    Sanchi Stupa in India, a Buddhist pilgrimage site

  • Zhenchenglou 4 rings

    4 concentric ring architecture of Chengqi lou

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Rotonda (arquitectura) para niños

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