Blankenheim, Germany
1st century AD
Varaždinske Toplice, Croatia
0-300 AD
Lienz, Austria
50 BC
Patti, Italy
2nd century AD
Pleven, Bulgaria
4th century AD
Thénac, France
1st century AD
Rodange, Luxembourg
0-100 BC
Tholey, Germany
1st century AD
Albenga, Italy
2nd century AD
Mendigorría, Spain
1st century BCE
Córdoba, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
Omišalj, Croatia
1st century AD
Grumento Nova, Italy
3rd century BCE
Koerich, Luxembourg
0-100 AD
Steinsel, Luxembourg
0-300 AD
Santacara, Spain
1st century BCE
Marbella, Spain
2nd century AD
Ostalbkreis, Germany
c. 200 AD
Lellig, Luxembourg
0-200 AD
Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
100-200 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.