Alghero, Italy
1400-1300 BCE
Pozzuoli, Italy
2nd century AD
Desenzano del Garda, Italy
0-300 AD
Rapallo, Italy
3rd century BCE
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Reggio Calabria, Italy
4th century BCE
Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Tindari, Italy
396 BCE
Marinella di Selinunte, Italy
7th century BCE
Locri, Italy
5th century BCE
Aymavilles, Italy
3 BCE
Buddusò, Italy
1600-400 BCE
Arzachena, Italy
1600 BCE
Reggio Calabria, Italy
2nd century AD
Province of Matera, Italy
6th century BCE
Porto Torres, Italy
1st century BCE
Acqui Terme, Italy
1st century AD
Catanzaro, Italy
1st century AD
Manerba del Garda, Italy
8000-4000 BC
Marsala, Italy
397 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.