Rotunda

Rotunda or The Rotunda may refer to:

• Rotunda (architecture), any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome
• Rotunda (geometry), a family of dihedral-symmetric polyhedra with alternating pentagons and triangles around an axis
• Rotunda (script), a specific medieval blackletter script
• A term used by some Spanish-speaking or Spanish-influenced countries for roundabouts.

Places:

• Czech Republic:
  • The Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine in Znojmo, Czech Republic
• Greece:
  • Arch and Tomb of Galerius, Rotunda of St. George, built as the "Tomb of Galerius" in Thessaloniki in 306 AD
• Ireland:
  • Rotunda Hospital, built as the "New Lying-In Hospital" in 1757 in Dublin, Ireland
• Moldova:
  • Rotunda, Edineţ, a commune in Edineţ District, Moldova
• Romania:
  • Rotunda, Olt, a commune in Olt County, Romania
  • Rotunda, a village in Corbeni Commune, Argeş County, Romania
  • Rotunda, a village in Buza Commune, Cluj County, Romania
  • Rotunda, a village in Doljești Commune, Neamţ County, Romania
  • Rotunda, a village administered by Liteni town, Suceava County, Romania
• UK:
  • The Blackfriars Rotunda, a building in Southwark, London near the south end of Blackfriars Bridge in London, that existed in various forms from 1787 to 1958 . See also Rotundists.
  • The Rotunda (Woolwich), a John Nash building in Woolwich, London, UK, affiliated to Firepower, the Royal Artillery museum
  • The Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens, London, a now demolished but once fashionable social meeting place and function room
  • Rotunda (Birmingham), opened as "The Rotunda" in 1965
  • Rotunda Museum, museum of geology in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
  • Rotunda Amusement Park, a now demolished funfair in Folkestone, Kent, England.
  • Glasgow Rotunda, at the entrance to a tunnel under the River Clyde, Scotland.

• USA:
  • The Rotunda (University of Virginia)
  • The Rotunda (Hermann, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Missouri
  • The D'Alemberte Rotunda Florida State University, a structural and architectural pedagogue that is part of FSU's College of Law and center of its Village Green
  • United States Capitol rotunda, in Washington, D.C.
  • The Rotunda (Baltimore), a mall located near Johns Hopkins University
  • Rotunda, A brand name for service tools and equipment used at Ford Motor Company dealerships

People:

• Rotunda radicals, a diverse group of London radical reformers who gathered around the Blackfriars Rotunda after 1830.

Arts:

• Fat Albert Rotunda, 1969 jazz recording by Herbie Hancock.
• "Rotunda", song on the 1977 album Inner Voices, by McCoy Tyner.

Surname An Italian family name carried by many people including:

• Ronald Rotunda (born 1945)
• Mike Rotunda (born 1958)
• Kyndra Rotunda (née Miller, born 1973)
• Windham Rotunda (born 1987)