Arzachena, Italy
1300-800 BCE
Naples, Italy
1st century BCE
Bacoli, Italy
27 BCE - 14 AD
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Noto, Italy
8th century BCE
Barletta, Italy
6th century BCE
Noto, Italy
4th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
402-397 BCE
Venosa, Italy
c. 100 AD
Gela, Italy
8th century BCE
Sessa Aurunca, Italy
1st century AD
Rome, Italy
306-312
Tempio Pausania, Italy
1800-1400 BCE
Capo di Ponte, Italy
7000 BCE
Capo Colonna, Italy
480-440 BCE
Serravalle Scrivia, Italy
191 BCE
Conza della Campania, Italy
3rd century BCE
Castelseprio, Italy
4th century AD
Villanova Monteleone, Italy
1800 BCE
Aosta, Italy
6000-3000 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.