Rotunda mangoma biography definition

Building with a circular ground plan

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

The Pantheon in Rome is perhaps the most famous, and is the most influential rotunda. A band rotunda is a circular bandstand, usually with a dome.

Classical architecture

Main article: Tholos (architecture)

The terminology of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture distinguishes between two types of rotunda: a tholos is enclosed by a wall, while a monopteros is just a circular colonnade with a roof (like a modern bandstand or park pavilion).

It is not clear that any Greek example was actually a Greek temple,^[1] but several were Roman temples, though mostly much smaller than the Pantheon, and with very differe