Caudebec-en-Caux, France
15th century
Saint-Ferme, France
12th century
Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France
1080
Juaye-Mondaye, France
1200
Passa, France
1116
Sablonceaux, France
1136
Moyenmoutier, France
671 AD / 1776
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France
11th century
Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
12th century
Senez, France
1176-1246
Cavaillon, France
11th century
Rieux-Volvestre, France
1317
Aire-sur-l'Adour, France
11th century
Arboussols, France
1129
La Ferté-Bernard, France
14th century
Verneuil-sur-Avre, France
1465
Pont-de-l'Arche, France
16th century
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, France
11th century
Celles-sur-Belle, France
1660-1685
Saint-Bris-des-Bois, France
1111
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.