Editing Rotunda (section)

==Central Europe==
A great number of [[parochial church]]es were built in this form in the 9th to 11th centuries CE in [[Central Europe]]. These [[round church]]es can be found in great number in [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]], [[Croatia]] (particularly [[Dalmatia]]), [[Austria]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]], and the [[Czech Republic]]. It was thought of as a structure descending from the Roman Pantheon. However, it can be found mainly not on former Roman territories, but in Central Europe. Generally its size was 6–9 meters inner diameter and the [[apse]] was directed toward the east. Sometimes three or four apses were attached to the central circle and this type has relatives even in the [[Caucasus]].
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File:Ac.galerius2.jpg|The famous [[Arch and Tomb of Galerius|Rotunda church]] in [[Thessaloniki]], Greece
File:Pisa Campo Miracoli.jpg|The [[Pisa Baptistery]] at the [[Piazza dei Miracoli]], [[Pisa]], Italy
File:ØsterlarsRundkirke.JPG|The most well known Danish rotunda is the village parochial church at [[Østerlars Church|Østerlars]].
File:Rotunda-stary-plzenec.jpg|Rotunda in [[Starý Plzenec]], Czech Republic from the 10th century
File:Saint Nicholas church in Cieszyn (1).jpg|[[Rotunda of Saint Nicolas in Cieszyn|St. Nicholas Rotunda]] in [[Cieszyn]], Poland, 12th century
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===Carpathian Basin===
[[File:Skalica st george.jpg|thumb|upright|Rotunda of St. George in [[Skalica]], Slovakia from 11th century]]
Several types of rotundas are found in the [[Carpathian Basin]], within the former boundaries of [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. Building of rotundas in Carpathian basin started already in 9th century in [[Great Moravia]]. According to the research and [[radiocarbon dating]] of plaster, Rotunda of st. George in [[Nitrianska Blatnica]] was built sometimes around the year 830, what makes it one of the oldest still standing buildings in the area of Central Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dennikn.sk/990122/rotunda-sv-juraja-je-zrejme-najstarsou-zachovanou-sakralnou-stavbou-v-strednej-europe/|title=Rotunda sv. Juraja je zrejme najstaršou zachovanou sakrálnou stavbou v strednej Európe|last=Dorica|first=Jozef|date=2018-01-05|website=Denník N|language=sk|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apsida.sk/c/3890/nitrianska-blatnica|title=Nitrianska Blatnica|last1=Podolinský|first1=Alexandra|last2=Podolinský|first2=Štefan|website=apsida.sk|language=sk|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> Similar rotunda was standing in hillfort Kostolec in Ducové (only foundations remained). The role and form of rotundas developed from gradual enlargements of ancient small village churches. Many of them still stand today, e.g. in Nagytótlak, Kallósd and Kissikátor in [[Hungary]] or in [[Bíňa]] and [[Šivetice]] in [[Slovakia]]. Rotunda in Šivetice is the biggest one in Central Europe, with diameter of 11 m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gotickacesta.sk/romanska-rotunda-v-siveticiach/|title=Šivetice, Rotunda sv. Margity Antiochijskej – Gotická cesta|date=27 October 2018 |language=sk-SK|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> In many places the ancient foundations have been excavated and conserved. The village church of [[Sárospatak]] is complete with a simple circular nave and an eastern apse. The church of Alagimajor at [[Dunakeszi]] was enlarged toward the apse in the 14th century. More significant enlargement of the central rotunda is seen at [[Isaszeg]] where the extension extended toward the East and West; the rotunda foundations can also be seen in the central portion of the nave of the Gothic church. In many cases the rotunda was used as the apse of the village's new and larger church (Bagod-Szentpál, [[Hidegség]], Vágkeresztur, Ipolykiskeszi, [[Herencsény]], [[Szalonna (town)|Szalonna]]). Such semi-circle apses are preserved all over the Carpathian Basin. Rotundas of six apses, a most interesting form, are found at [[Karcsa]], [[Kiszombor]] in Hungary, at Horjany in Ukraine and several places in [[Armenia]] (Aragatz, Bagaran, Bagnayr, Botshor, Kiagmis Alti).

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File:Nagytotlak.JPG|Romanesque village church in Selo, Slovenia
File:Öskü - Rotunda.jpg|Rotunda, [[Öskü]], Hungary
File:Kiszombor, körtemplom.jpg|Rotunda, [[Kiszombor]], Hungary
File:Szalonna church.jpg|Rotunda rebuilt into bigger church in Szalonna, Hungary
File:Jurko2.jpg|Great Moravian rotunda of St. George. [[Nitrianska Blatnica]], Slovakia
File:Sivetice rotunda.jpg|Rotunda of St. Margaret the Virgin in [[Šivetice]], Slovakia; the biggest rotunda in Central Europe
File:Ducove.jpg|Foundations of Great Moravian rotunda in Kostolec gord in [[Ducové]], Slovakia
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