Strasbourg, France
1731-1742
Karlsruhe, Germany
1715
Bruchsal, Germany
1720
Baden-Baden, Germany
1102
Rastatt, Germany
1700-1707
Ettlingen, Germany
18th century
Oppenheim, Germany
13th century
Baden-Baden, Germany
c. 1200
Hochburg, Germany
11th century
Schliengen, Germany
11th century
Bühl, Germany
c. 1200
Burkheim, Germany
13th century
Ebersteinburg, Germany
1100
Efringen-Kirchen, Germany
11th century
Jechtingen, Germany
365/13th century
Hecklingen, Germany
1282
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.