What is Rotunda (architecture)?
[[File:University of Virginia Rotunda 2006.jpg|thumb|200x200px|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 is [[United States Capitol rotunda|the one]] below [[United States Capitol dome|the dome]] of the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. ==Further readings== * Vera, Gervers-Molnár (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the [[Middle Ages|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. [[Category:Buildings and structures]] {{stub}}