Fréjus, France
c. 50 AD
Gerolfingen, Germany
100-200 AD
Winterthur, Switzerland
around 4 BC
Tawern, Germany
1st century AD
Dellach, Austria
1st century BCE
Rome, Italy
226 AD
Montcaret, France
1st century AD
Arras, France
15 BC
Köngen, Germany
100 AD
Mezdra, Bulgaria
3rd century AD
Baena, Spain
1st century BCE
Bern, Switzerland
1st century BCE
Portmán, Spain
1st century BCE
San Roque, Spain
940 BCE
Pula, Croatia
100-0 BCE
Split, Croatia
4th century AD
Termini Imerese, Italy
2nd century BCE
Dalheim, Luxembourg
100-200 AD
Mamer, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Rome, Italy
144-140 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.