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A round church is a church with a completely circular plan, thus a rotunda in architectural terms.
There are many Nordic round churches in Sweden and Denmark (notably the island of Bornholm); round churches were popular in Scandinavia in the 11th and early 12th centuries.
Round churches should not be confused with the older types of round-tower church constructions. Churches with many-sided polygonal shapes (such as the 16-sided example in Richmond, Vermont, USA) are likewise colloquially referred to as 'round'.




Round churches by country






= Armenia

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Zvartnots Cathedral in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), often cited as the world's largest round church during its existence in the Middle Ages




= Bosnia

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Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Sarajevo.




= Brazil

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Cathedral of Brasília




= Bulgaria

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Round Church, Preslav




= Canada

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Our Lady of Victory Church, Inuvik
St. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit
Saint George's Round Church, Halifax




= Croatia

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Church of Saint Vitus in Rijeka.
Church of Saint Donatus in Zadar




= Denmark

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Nyker Church
Nylars Church
Saint Ols Church
Østerlars Church, Bornholm
Bjernede Church, Zealand
Horne Church, Funen (with later gothic extensions)
Thorsager Church, Jutland.




= Ethiopia

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Ura Kidane Mehret Church, Lake Tana




= France

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Medieval churches of Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière and Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre, Baroque churches as Chapelle de l'Oratoire, Avignon and Vieille Charité church, Marseille.




= Germany

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Aachen Cathedral. Liebfrauenkirche in Trier. St. Ludwig in Darmstadt, Hessen. There is also a round church in Untersuhl, Thuringia.




= Hungary

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Saint Anne Church, Kallósd
Roman Catholic Church in Kiszombor
Rotunda, Öskü
St. Jacob Rotunda, Ják,
Neoclassical church, Balatonfüred (19th century)




= Italy

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Church of Saint Stephen, Rome
Church of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Rome
Old Cathedral of Brescia
Church of Saint Lawrence, Mantua
Santo Stefano, Bologna
Church of Saint Angelo, Perugia
Church of Saint Marie, Forlì




= Malta

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Sarria Church
Rotunda of Mosta




= Mexico

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Capilla del Pocito, an 18th-century Baroque chapel now part of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe complex in Mexico City




= The Netherlands

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Ronde Lutherse Kerk




= Norway

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St. Olav's Abbey, Tønsberg




= Philippines

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Padre Pio Shrine, Santo Tomas, Batangas.
Church of the Holy Sacrifice in the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.




= Portugal

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Monastery of Serra do Pilar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Church of the Convent of Christ, former headquarters of the Order of Christ and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Tomar, Portugal.
Chapel of São Mamede, a 16th century round chapel in the village of Jana, Sintra, Portugal.
Church of Bom Jesus da Cruz, an 18th century round church with greek cross interior located in Barcelos, district of Braga, Portugal.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity, a minor basilica in the Sanctuary of Fátima in the city of Fátima, Portugal.




= Serbia

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Church of Saint Anthony of Padua at Red Cross, Belgrade
Church of Saint Basil of Ostrog in New Belgrade
Evangelical church in Zemun.




= Spain

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Sant Gregori Taumaturg, Barcelona
Iglesia San Marcos, Salamanca




= Sweden

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Church ruins of Agnestad
Bromma Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Stockholm
Hagby Church
Church ruins of Klosterstad
Munsö Church
Skörstorp Church
Solna Church
Tjärstads Church
Valleberga Church
Vårdsberg Church
Voxtorp Church.




= United Kingdom

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In England, there are four medieval round churches still in use: Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge; Temple Church, London; St John the Baptist Church, Little Maplestead, Essex, and The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton. St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, is a Georgian round church, and the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral was built in the 20th century. The 18th-century All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, is now part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales.
In Scotland, the medieval Orphir Round Church near Houton on Mainland, Orkney, is in ruins. Kilarrow Parish Church at the top of main street in Bowmore is a round church, built in 1767, on the island of Islay, on Scotland's west coast.




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See also


Round-tower church
Irish round tower
Norra begravningsplatsen




References


Ann Vibeke Knudsen, The Old Churches of Bornholm. Bornholm Museum, Rønne, 1999. ISBN 87-88179-43-5.




External links


Media related to Round churches at Wikimedia Commons
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Round Church may refer to:

Round Church, Orphir, Orkney, United Kingdom
Round Church, Preslav, a 10th-century church in Preslav, Bulgaria
Round Church, Cambridge or Holy Sepulchre, a 12th-century church in Cambridge, England, UK
Round Church (Richmond, Vermont), a 19th-century meeting house in Richmond, Vermont, U.S.
Round church, a special type of church construction, having a completely circular plan

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