Carnac, France
4500 - 3300 BC
Locmariaquer, France
4700 BC
Plouezoc'h, France
4850 - 4000 BC
Erdeven, France
5000 - 2000 BC
Carnac, France
4500 BC
Dol-de-Bretagne, France
5000-4000 BCE
Plouharnel, France
4000 BCE
Arzon, France
4600 BC
Larmor-Baden, France
3500 BC
Plouharnel, France
Plouharnel, France
Erdeven, France
5000 - 3000 BC
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.