Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
1st century AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Benevento, Italy
2nd century AD
Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy
c. 25 BC
Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Lugo, Spain
1st century AD
Fontvieille, France
2nd century AD
Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
2nd century AD
Patras, Greece
160 AD
Bavay, France
16-13 BCE
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
0-100 AD
Fréjus, France
0-100 AD
Ourense, Spain
c. 75 AD
Córdoba, Spain
3rd century AD
Welzheim, Germany
160 AD
Aymavilles, Italy
3 BCE
Algeciras, Spain
0-100 AD
Braga, Portugal
1st century BCE
Perl, Germany
2nd century AD
The Church of St Donatus name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the Roman forum. It is the largest Pre-Romanesque building in Croatia.
The beginning of the building of the church was placed to the second half of the 8th century, and it is supposed to have been completed in the 9th century. The Zadar bishop and diplomat Donat (8th and 9th centuries) is credited with the building of the church. He led the representations of the Dalmatian cities to Constantinople and Charles the Great, which is why this church bears slight resemblance to Charlemagne's court chapels, especially the one in Aachen, and also to the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. It belongs to the Pre-Romanesque architectural period.
The circular church, formerly domed, is 27 m high and is characterised by simplicity and technical primitivism.