The famous Rotunda church in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The attractive historic Band Rotunda in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia.

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

Beehive, Wellington, NZ

Rotunda - Öskü, Hungary.

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Religious buildings

• The Pantheon, Rome, Italy, originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome.
• The Church of the Rotonda in Thessaloniki, built as the "Tomb of Galerius" in 306 AD.
• The St George Rotunda in Sofia, Bulgaria, a 4th-century Early Christian church
• St. Martin's Rotunda in Vyšehrad Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
• The Rotunda of St Marija Assunta in Mosta, Malta

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Buildings for entertainment

• The large Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens in London, built in the 1740s and demolished in 1805. It was painted by Canaletto.
• The Pantheon, London, opened 1772, demolished in 1937.
• The internal Rotunda in the Michael Maddox Petrovsky Theatre, Moscow (burnt down in 1805).
• The Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland (formerly the Rotunda Hospital, built in 1757).
• The Roundhouse in London, originally built in 1847 as a turntable engine shed, it was used as a gin store till being converted into a theatre in the 1960s.
• The Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

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Houses

• Ickworth House in Suffolk, England.

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Buildings for learning

• The Rotunda at the University of Virginia built in 1826.
• The British Museum Reading Room, London built in 1857.

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Government buildings

• Beehive (building), a New Zealand parliament building.
• The United States Capitol.
• The Rotundas, a subterranean structure in Marsham Street in London

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Office buildings

• The Rotunda in Birmingham, England, built as "The Rotunda" in 1964.

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See also

• Rotunda (disambiguation)
• Round church

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