Seville, Spain
10th century AD
Granada, Spain
889 AD
Burgos, Spain
16th century
Córdoba, Spain
8th century AD
Málaga, Spain
756-780 AD
Segovia, Spain
12th century
Peniscola, Spain
1294-1307
Ávila, Spain
11th century
Seville, Spain
13th century
Valencia, Spain
1392-1398
Toledo, Spain
10th century
Alicante, Spain
9th century AD
Córdoba, Spain
12th century
Córdoba, Spain
206 BCE
Toledo, Spain
1559
Málaga, Spain
929 AD
Toledo, Spain
1540s
Mérida, Spain
835 AD
Granada, Spain
14th century
Sagunto, Spain
8th century AD
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.