Agrigento, Italy
480 BCE
Olmedo, Italy
2500-2000 BCE
Cassano all'Ionio, Italy
720 BCE
Rome, Italy
226 AD
Vittoria, Italy
599 BCE
Policoro, Italy
432 BCE
Noto, Italy
8th century BCE
Giave, Italy
800-500 BCE
Termini Imerese, Italy
2nd century BCE
Campobello di Mazara, Italy
559 BC
Gela, Italy
333 BCE
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
6th century BCE
Rome, Italy
144-140 BCE
Patti, Italy
2nd century AD
Grammichele, Italy
5th century BCE
Tempio Pausania, Italy
1500 BCE
Mores, Italy
2000 BCE
Albenga, Italy
2nd century AD
Rocchicella, Italy
453 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.