Dublin - Parnell Square

The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art overlooks Parnell Square, where there are three fine 18th C. buildings - the Gate Theater (founded in 1928 in part of the old Assembly Rooms), the Rotunda (now rebuilt as the Ambassador Cinema) and Richard Cassels's Rotunda Hospital. The main building, linked with the wings by colonnades, is topped by a domed tower. A beautiful staircase leads up to the Chapel, which has a fine stucco ceiling with numerous figures in strong relief.