Round church



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'.

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

Bosnia
Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Sarajevo.

Brazil
Cathedral of Brasília

Bulgaria
Round Church, Preslav

Canada

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

Croatia
Church of Saint Vitus in Rijeka.

Denmark

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

Ethiopia

 * Ura Kidane Mehret Church, Lake Tana

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

Hungary

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

Italy

 * 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

 * Sarria Church
 * Rotunda of Mosta

Mexico

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

The Netherlands

 * Ronde Lutherse Kerk

Norway

 * St. Olav's Abbey, Tønsberg

Philippines

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

Portugal

 * 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 Chirst 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

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

Spain

 * Sant Gregori Taumaturg, Barcelona
 * Iglesia San Marcos, Salamanca

Sweden

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

United Kingdom
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.