Verona, Italy
c. 1329
Rome, Italy
18-12 BC
Milan, Italy
1866
Rome, Italy
309 AD
Palermo, Italy
1599
Pieve del Grappa, Italy
1935
Alghero, Italy
3200-1600 BCE
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Rome, Italy
2nd century AD
Redipuglia, Italy
1938
Arzachena, Italy
1800-1600 BCE
Sortino, Italy
13th century BCE
Bonorva, Italy
3500-2900 BCE
Rome, Italy
2nd century AD
Palermo, Italy
4th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
212 BCE
Rome, Italy
2nd century AD
Arzachena, Italy
1800-1200 BCE
Calangianus, Italy
1700-1400 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
3500 BCE
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.