Coburg, Germany
12th century
Ingolstadt, Germany
1418
Kronach, Germany
13th century
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
13th century
Plön, Germany
1633-1636
Parsberg, Germany
14th century
Kleve, Germany
11th century
Zschopau, Germany
12th century
Müglitztal, Germany
c. 1200
Lunzenau, Germany
1470-1548
Beilstein, Germany
12th century
Hohentwiel, Germany
914
Herten, Germany
14th century
Rheda, Germany
18th century
Dornum, Germany
14th century
Mayen, Germany
12th century
Pfronten, Germany
1313
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1100
Gnandstein, Germany
13th century
Selm, Germany
1122
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.