Malmö, Sweden
16th century
Visby, Sweden
1210-1220
Visby, Sweden
1250s
Lund, Sweden
1882
Visby, Sweden
13th century
Lund, Sweden
ca. 1050
Visby, Sweden
13th century
Visby, Sweden
ca. 1200
Gothenburg, Sweden
12th century
Sigtuna, Sweden
ca.1100
Visby, Sweden
1460-1470s
Visby, Sweden
1230s
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1696-1715
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1785
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1655
Luleå, Sweden
ca. 1492
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18th century
Gränna, Sweden
1637-1650
Byxelkrok, Öland, Sweden
1845
Sankt Ibb, Sweden
1576
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.