Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain
350-400 AD
Pumsaint, United Kingdom
c. 74 AD
Xanten, Germany
98 AD
Nin, Croatia
1st century AD
Vienne, France
0-300 AD
Napoli, Italy
37 BCE
Ibiza, Spain
6th century AD
Naples, Italy
19 BCE
Bordeaux, France
2nd century AD
Górtyn, Greece
3200 BC
Torrox, Spain
2nd century BCE
Saintes, France
40-50 AD
Durrës, Albania
0-100 AD
Alange, Spain
2nd century AD
Tarifa, Spain
Roman
Capri, Italy
27 AD
Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
Aquileia, Italy
181 BC
Pozzuoli, Italy
2nd century AD
Rapallo, Italy
3rd 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.