Augusta, Italy
728 BCE
Aidone, Italy
5th century BCE
San Giuseppe Jato, Italy
6th century BC
Modica, Italy
2200 BCE
Mirabella Eclano, Italy
1st century BCE
Lipari, Italy
4th century BCE
Catanzaro, Italy
4th century BCE
Cattolica Eraclea, Italy
6th century BCE
Atripalda, Italy
1st century BCE
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Pissignano, Italy
6th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
3rd century AD
Custonaci, Italy
18,000 BCE
Termini Imerese, Italy
5th century BC
Avella, Italy
1st century BCE
Olbia, Italy
1600 BCE
Golfo Aranci, Italy
1500 BCE
Bisceglie, Italy
4000-3000 BCE
Lecc, Italy
8th century BCE
Tusa, Italy
403 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.