Torralba, Italy
1800-1400 BCE
Alghero, Italy
1400-1300 BCE
Buddusò, Italy
1600-400 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1600 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1800-1600 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1300-800 BCE
Tempio Pausania, Italy
1800-1400 BCE
Villanova Monteleone, Italy
1800 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1800-1200 BCE
Calangianus, Italy
1700-1400 BCE
Olbia, Italy
1600 BCE
Golfo Aranci, Italy
1500 BCE
Olmedo, Italy
2500-2000 BCE
Giave, Italy
800-500 BCE
Province of Sassari, Italy
3000 BCE
Provincia di Sassari, Italy
1600-1300 BC
Villanova Monteleone, Italy
1800-1400 BCE
Tempio Pausania, Italy
1500 BCE
Perfugas, Italy
1300 BCE
Olbia, Italy
1400-1200 BCE
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.