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==Surviving examples== Some notable cycloramas are: * [[Wocher Panorama|Wocher-Panorama]], depicting the city of [[Thun]]. On display in the [[Kunstmuseum Thun]]. 38 metres long by 7.5 metres high (Created by [[Marquard Wocher]] in 1814 it may be the oldest surviving example on display).<ref>[http://www.kunstmuseumthun.ch/de/thun-panorama/rundbild/ "Kunstmuseum Thun / Thun Panorama - Thun Panorama - Rundbild / Geschichte"] retrieved 2017-07-15</ref> * Borodino Panorama, depicting the [[Battle of Borodino]] between [[Napoleon I of France]] and a Russian Army outside Moscow in 1812. On display in Moscow. 115 metres long by 15 metres high. * Stalingrad Battle Panorama, depicting the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] between [[Nazi Germany]] army and the Russian Army in 1942–1943. On display in [[Volgograd]], Russia. 120 metres long by 16 metres high (the biggest canvas of Russia). * [[Pleven Panorama]], depicting the [[Siege of Plevna]] in 1878, in [[Pleven]], [[Bulgaria]] - also known as the panorama with the world's biggest canvas. 115 metres long by 15 metres hing and 12-meter foreground. * [[Racławice Panorama]], depicting the [[Battle of Racławice]] during the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] is on display in [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]]. 115 metres long by 15 metres high. * [[Atlanta Cyclorama]], depicting the [[Battle of Atlanta]] during the [[American Civil War]] is on display in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] * [[Behalt Cyclorama]], depicting the heritage of the [[Amish]] and [[Mennonite]] people * [[Gettysburg Cyclorama]], depicting the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] during the U.S. Civil War is displayed at [[Gettysburg National Military Park]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The version on display is the second of four known versions of this painting, and one of only two extant. The original was lost in 1933, and although rediscovered in 1965, has not returned to public display. The second version, originally created for a Boston exhibition, is now on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. * [[Cyclorama of Jerusalem]], depicting [[Jesus Christ]]'s Crucifixion is on display in [[Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré]], [[Quebec]] * [[Waterloo Cyclorama]], depicting the [[Battle of Waterloo]] is displayed in [[Belgium]] near the city of [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]] * 1973 October War panorama in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], depicting the attack on the [[Bar Lev Line]] and the subsequent fighting during the [[Yom Kippur War|Yom Kippur/1973 October War]] between [[Israel]] and Egypt. * The Riesenrundgemälde (giant circular painting) in [[Innsbruck]], Austria, shows the [[Battles of Bergisel]], still in its original building. * [[Panorama Mesdag]], depicting the Dutch village of [[Scheveningen]] in 1881, displayed in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]] * [[Palace of Versailles|Palace and Gardens of Versailles]] cyclorama, painted by [[John Vanderlyn]] on display in the American Wing at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13052|title=John Vanderlyn | Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles | American|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> * A modern recreation of a lost Bunker Hill Cyclorama, depicting the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], is displayed at the [[Bunker Hill Monument|Bunker Hill Museum]], along with a fragment of the [[Study (art)|study]] for the missing original. * [[Arrival of the Hungarians]] (also called Feszty Panorama), by [[Árpád Feszty]] ''et al.'', completed in 1894. It was painted to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the 895 AD conquest of the [[Carpathian Basin]] by the [[Hungarians]]. It is displayed at the [[Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park]], [[Hungary]]. * Taejon Cyclorama, depicting the [[Battle of Taejon]]. On display at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]]. * [[Fletcher's Mutiny Cyclorama]], depicting the history of [[Norfolk Island]] and the Bounty mutiny. * The [[Laysan Island Cyclorama]] at the [[University of Iowa Museum of Natural History]], depicts the ecology of [[Laysan Island]], near Hawaii. It was begun by [[Charles Cleveland Nutting]] and opened in 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh/laysan/laysan/laysan-main.htm |title=Laysan Island Cyclorama |access-date=2014-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140907224451/http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh/laysan/laysan/laysan-main.htm |archive-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> * The Panorama of the [[Battle of Lipany]] by [[Luděk Marold]] in Prague, in the Czech Republic. * [[Panorama 1453 History Museum]], depicting the [[Fall of Constantinople]], in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. It is a hemisphere 38 meters in diameter with a surface area of 2,350 m<sup>2</sup><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panoramikmuze.com/en|title = Panorama 1453}}</ref>
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