Rotunda

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• In architecture, a rotunda is a kind of building; see rotunda (architecture).
• In calligraphy, rotunda is a kind of blackletter; see rotunda (script).
• In geometry, the pentagonal rotunda is a polyhedral solid formed from half an icosidodecahedron.

For specific places with the name "Rotunda" see:

• The Church of the Rotonda in Thessaloniki, built as the "Tomb of Galerius" in 306 AD.
• Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, built as the "New Lying-In Hospital" in 1757.
• The Rotunda at the University of Virginia, the first structure known as "The Rotunda" in 1826.
• The Rotunda in Birmingham, England, built as "The Rotunda" in 1964.
• The Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
• The Rotunda in Kingston upon Thames, UK - a leisure complex.
• The Rotunda - a tavern in Montpellier, Cheltenham, England
• Rotunda, Olt, a commune in Olt County, Romania