Büren, Germany
1603-1609
Dortmund, Germany
c. 1100
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
15th century
Harburg, Germany
11th century
Burghausen, Germany
11th century
Kaub, Germany
1326
Ahaus, Germany
1688-1695
Bergheim, Germany
16th century
Erfurt, Germany
1480-1604
Koblenz, Germany
1259/1826
Haßmersheim, Germany
c. 1225
Annweiler, Germany
11th century
Tecklenburg, Germany
c. 1100
Dilsberg, Germany
12th century
Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
1527
Eichstätt, Germany
1355
Bautzen, Germany
16th century
Schwarzenberg, Germany
12th century
Zülpich, Germany
14th century
Rathen, Germany
11th 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.