Brescia, Italy
69-96 AD
Reims, France
200-300 AD
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Sarandë, Albania
800 BCE
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Dax, France
2nd century AD
Aosta, Italy
around 0-10 AD
Berat, Albania
c. 314 BCE
Saintes, France
18-19 AD
Pula, Croatia
27 BCE - 14 AD
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
600-500 BCE
Metz, France
4th century AD
Vienne, France
10 BC
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Brindisi, Italy
2nd century AD
Rome, Italy
104 AD
Cartagena, Spain
2nd century BCE
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
0-100 BC
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
0-100 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.