Devnya, Bulgaria
3rd century AD
Vienne, France
100-200 AD
Barletta, Italy
6th century BCE
Habay, Belgium
2nd century AD
Noto, Italy
4th century AD
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
101-106 AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Villanueva del Río y Minas, Spain
1st century BCE
Venosa, Italy
c. 100 AD
Alderney, United Kingdom
4th century AD
Svishtov, Bulgaria
1st century AD
Sessa Aurunca, Italy
1st century AD
Ronda, Spain
45 BCE
Echternach, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Rome, Italy
306-312
Marbella, Spain
0-100 AD
Serravalle Scrivia, Italy
191 BCE
Conza della Campania, Italy
3rd century BCE
Bollendorf, Germany
2nd century AD
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
c. 80 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.