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Sign in to savethumb|Cross-section of the Pantheon's rotunda.
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thumb|Cross-section of the Pantheon's rotunda.
A rotunda () 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 (an 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.
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