Manderscheid, Germany
12th century
Passau, Germany
1219
Erfurt, Germany
1665
Mechernich, Germany
1396-1406
Weinheim, Germany
15th century
Saarburg, Germany
964 AD
Miltenberg, Germany
12th century
Boppard, Germany
13th century
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1316
Pirna, Germany
1460
Oberhausen, Germany
13th century
Husum, Germany
1577-1582
Bacharach, Germany
c. 1135
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1785-1788
Speyer, Germany
1230-1250
Bamberg, Germany
12th century
Havixbeck, Germany
14th century
Oberwesel, Germany
1100-1149
Altena, Germany
1108
Gerolstein, 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.