Paphos, Cyprus
c. 190 AD
Paphos, Cyprus
c. 170 AD
Limassol, Cyprus
4500-3900 BC
Kouklia, Cyprus
Paphos, Cyprus
2nd century AD
Famagusta, Cyprus
1100 BC
Kouklia, Cyprus
1500 BC
Choirokoitia, Cyprus
7000 BC
Limassol, Cyprus
1100 BC
Larnaca, Cyprus
1200-1100 BC
Loutros, Cyprus
500 - 400 BC
Larnaca, Cyprus
800-700 BC
Nicosia, Cyprus
800-400 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.