Zürich, Switzerland
1500 BC
Nyon, Switzerland
45 BC
Avenches, Switzerland
2th century AD
Augst, Switzerland
44 BC
Lausanne, Switzerland
15 BC
Chur, Switzerland
15 BCE
Windisch, Switzerland
c. 50 AD
Avenches, Switzerland
2nd century AD
Avenches, Switzerland
98 AD
Orbe, Switzerland
1st century AD
Winterthur, Switzerland
around 4 BC
Pfäffikon, Switzerland
294-375 AD
Bern, Switzerland
1st century BCE
Cornol, Switzerland
100-0 BC
Porrentruy, Switzerland
Neolithic
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.