Brescia, Italy
73 AD
Rome, Italy
38 AD
Napoli, Italy
4th-5th century AD
Benevento, Italy
114-117
Rome, Italy
Early Roman
Rome, Italy
c. 100 AD
Cerveteri, Italy
800 BC
Marsala, Italy
8th century BCE
Torralba, Italy
1800-1400 BCE
Peschiera del Garda, Italy
1st century BC
Napoli, Italy
37 BCE
Naples, Italy
19 BCE
Capri, Italy
27 AD
Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
663 BCE
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Tarquinia, Italy
800 BC
Ascea, Italy
538-535 BCE
Bernalda, Italy
8th century BCE
Aquileia, Italy
181 BC
Naples, Italy
3rd-4th century 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.