Merzalben, Germany
1237
Inzlingen, Germany
15th century
Kaufbeuren, Germany
1185
Hayingen, Germany
c. 1350
Bollendorf, Germany
8th century AD
Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany
c. 1210
Euskirchen, Germany
1340
Geilenkirchen, Germany
15th century
Gerolstein, Germany
13th century
Kordel, Germany
14th century
Annweiler, Germany
12th century
Wesenberg, Germany
13th century
Salach, Germany
1080
Reichelsheim, Germany
12th century
Klipphausen, Germany
c. 1200
Tecklenburg, Germany
1490
Elfershausen, Germany
1135
Balduinstein, Germany
1319
Ulmen, Germany
c. 1000
Winnweiler, Germany
12th century
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.