Veytaux, Switzerland
12th century
Gruyères, Switzerland
1270-1282
Bellinzona, Switzerland
13th century
Laufen-Uhwiesen, Switzerland
9th century AD
Morges, Switzerland
1286
Sion, Switzerland
14th century
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
1348
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
1200-1220
Thun, Switzerland
1180-1190
Lausanne, Switzerland
1397-1425
Nyon, Switzerland
13th century
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
11th century
Avenches, Switzerland
13th century
Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland
c. 1200
Bellinzona, Switzerland
14th century
Spiez, Switzerland
12th century
Locarno, Switzerland
c. 1200
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
1260-1270
Baden, Switzerland
10th century
Zug, Switzerland
c. 1200
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.