Hallgarten, Germany
c. 1200
Gnandstein, Germany
1240
Mechernich, Germany
13th century
Mechernich, Germany
15th century
Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany
12th century
Havixbeck, Germany
17th century
Rheindiebach, Germany
1219
Heiligenberg, Germany
1560-1575
Hainewalde, Germany
1750-1753
Wilgartswiesen, Germany
11th century
Hörstel, Germany
c. 1400
Friedberg, Germany
1257
Vorderweidenthal, Germany
1150-1200
Morenhoven, Germany
12th century
Mechernich, Germany
1780
Welschbillig, Germany
13th century
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
12th century
Hamminkeln, Germany
17th century
Katzenstein, Germany
11th century
Essingen, 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.