Santiponce, Spain
117-138 AD
Rome, Italy
270-273
Thessaloniki, Greece
298-306 AD
Córdoba, Spain
c. 50 AD
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Tivoli, Italy
c. 128 AD
Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE
Nice, France
0-100 AD
Astorga, Spain
3rd century AD
Turin, Italy
1st century AD
Catania, Italy
2nd century AD
Le Mans, France
300 AD
Milan, Italy
c. 291 AD
Rome, Italy
38 AD
Paris, France
0-100 AD
Catania, Italy
1st century AD
Caesarea, Israel
4th century BCE
Torre Annunziata, Italy
100-0 BCE
Sofia, Bulgaria
3rd century AD
Nyon, Switzerland
45 BC
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.