Veltheim, Switzerland
14th century
Holderbank, Switzerland
c. 1050
Rothenbrunnen, Switzerland
12th century
Burgistein, Switzerland
14th century
Untersiggenthal, Switzerland
1240
Wartau, Switzerland
c. 1225
Brugg, Switzerland
10th century
Gränichen, Switzerland
13th century
Grono, Switzerland
12th century
Trin, Switzerland
12th century
Meiringen, Switzerland
c. 1250
Weissenburg, Switzerland
13th century
Champvent, Switzerland
c. 1250
Bubikon, Switzerland
1190s
Signau, Switzerland
12th century
Lostorf, Switzerland
13th century
Haldenstein, Switzerland
10th century
Flims, Switzerland
10th century
Albula/Alvra, Switzerland
c. 1200
Luzein, Switzerland
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.