Atripalda, Italy
1st century BCE
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Luynes, France
2nd century AD
Mikri Doxipara, Greece
2nd century AD
Avenches, Switzerland
98 AD
Archar, Bulgaria
4th century BC
Corseul, France
10 BC
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Bradashesh, Albania
2nd century AD
Le Vieil-Évreux, France
0 - 100 AD
Pula, Croatia
100-0 BCE
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4th century AD
Lillebonne, France
0 - 200 AD
Medulin, Croatia
0-100 AD
Grand, France
1st century AD
Entrammes, France
2nd century AD
Kistanje, Croatia
1st century BCE
Nehren, Germany
4th century AD
Kula, Bulgaria
3rd century AD
East Mani, Greece
5th century BCE
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.