round buildings
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Pantheon
Rome, Italy
This magnificent ancient temple was built by Emperor Hadrian in 125 and converted into a church in 609. It is the oldest intact ancient building in Rome.
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Royal Albert Hall
London, England
Public hall. 1867-1871. Designed by Captain Fowke; completed by Major-General H Y D Scott.
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Capitol Records
Los Angeles, California
1955-56
Constructed in the Googie style in 1955-56, this major Los Angeles landmark is said to be the world's first round office building.
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Pisa Baptistery
Pisa, Italy
Begun in 1153 in a Romanesque style and completed in the 1300s in the Gothic style, the Battistero di San Giovanni in Pisa is the largest baptistery in Italy. Among its notable furnishings are a large central font and a carved portal.
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Round Church
Cambridge, England
1130
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, better known as the Round Church, was built around 1130, making it one of the oldest buildings in Cambridge. It is one of only five surviving medieval round churches in England.
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Rotunda of St Marija Assunta
Mosta, Malta
This impressive 19th-century church is known for having the third-largest dome in Europe and for having miraculously survived a German bomb in 1942.
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Rotunda
Thessaloniki, Greece
A massive round building that was first a Roman temple, then a Christian church, then a mosque.
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Radcliffe Camera
Oxford, England
Completed in 1749, this lovely round building in the center of Oxford was designed by James Gibbs to house the Radcliffe Science Library.
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University of Virginia Rotunda
Charlottesville, Virginia
Inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, the Rotunda was designed by Thomas Jefferson to house the library of the University of Virginia.
- Annala Round Barn Hurley, Wisconsin
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St. George's Church
Cairo, Egypt
The Church of St. George (Mari Girgis) in Cairo is the primary Greek Orthodox church of Egypt and the only round church in the country. Originally built in the 10th century, it stands atop an old Roman tower and adjoins a monastery.
