Rotunde

Rotunde
The Rotunde in 1873
Location within Vienna
Rotunde (Austria)
General information
StatusDestroyed by a fire in 1937
ClassificationFormer building
LocationLeopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
Coordinates48°12′44″N 16°24′34″E / 48.21222°N 16.40944°E / 48.21222; 16.40944
Completed1873
Dimensions
DiameterOf dome only:
107.83 m (353.8 ft) (outer)
101.7 m (334 ft) (inner)
CircumferenceOf dome only:
319.6 m (1,049 ft) (inner)
Design and construction
ArchitectBaron Karl von Hasenauer
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The Rotunde (German: [roˈtʊndə]) in Vienna's Leopoldstadt district was a building erected for the 1873 Vienna World's Fair (German: Weltausstellung 1873 Wien). The building was a partially covered circular wrought iron construction, 84.1 m (276 ft) tall, with a diameter of 107.83 m (353.8 ft). While the Rotunde stood, its dome was the largest in the world, larger than the Pantheon in Rome..

The Rotunde burned down in 1937. Its former site is now occupied by buildings associated with the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and with Messe Wien.