Lübeck, Germany
1915
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany
1536
Hanover, Germany
1902
Duisburg, Germany
1964
Greifswald, Germany
1998
Schwarzenacker, Germany
1st century AD
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany
1504
Xanten, Germany
98 AD
Worms, Germany
1881 (building 1180)
Hildesheim, Germany
Borg, Germany
Chemnitz, Germany
c. 1136
Detmold, Germany
1960
Manching, Germany
2006
Leverkusen, Germany
18th century
Eisleben, Germany
1546
Groß Raden, Germany
Eisleben, Germany
1693
Lemgo, Germany
1571
Mechernich, Germany
1961
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.