Cologne, Germany
1248
Berlin, Germany
1788-1791
Berlin, Germany
1884-1894
Munich, Germany
1468-1488
Dresden, Germany
1726-1743
Hohenschwangau, Germany
1868
Nuremberg, Germany
11th century
Aachen, Germany
793-813 AD
Berlin, Germany
1695-1713
Potsdam, Germany
1744
Lübeck, Germany
1143
Berlin, Germany
1961
Lübeck, Germany
1250-1350
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Regensburg, Germany
11th century
Schwerin, Germany
1845-1857
Burg Hohenzollern, Germany
1454/1846
Maulbronn, Germany
1147
Königstein, Germany
13th century
Quedlinburg, Germany
936 AD
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.