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13th century
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13th century
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c. 1200
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12th century
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13th century
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1354
Warburg, Germany
11th century
Dahlem, Germany
13th century
Stromberg, Germany
12th century
Wachtberg, Germany
1337/1659
Bad Berleburg, Germany
13th century
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1228-1231
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15th century
Euskirchen, Germany
11th century
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13th century
Nümbrecht, Germany
11th century/1635
Mechernich, Germany
14th century
Hückeswagen, Germany
c. 1189
Vlotho, Germany
c. 1250
Wissen, Germany
12th 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.