Rome, Italy
200-100 BC
Lecce, Italy
2nd century AD
Naples, Italy
400-500 BCE
Turin, Italy
13 BCE
Piazza Armerina, Italy
4th century AD
Verona, Italy
0-100 AD
Syracuse, Italy
5th century BC
Milan, Italy
300-400 AD
Syracuse, Italy
5th century BC
Rome, Italy
212-127 AD
Capaccio Paestum, Italy
550-450 BCE
Tivoli, Italy
c. 128 AD
Syracuse, Italy
6th century BCE
Catania, Italy
2nd century AD
Milan, Italy
c. 291 AD
Rome, Italy
38 AD
Catania, Italy
1st century AD
Torre Annunziata, Italy
100-0 BCE
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
420 BCE
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
-31 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.