Tbilisi, Georgia
1251
Tbilisi, Georgia
c. 1278
Tbilisi, Georgia
13th century
Mtskheta, Georgia
1010-1029
Tbilisi, Georgia
1995-2004
Gergeti, Georgia
14th century
Mtskheta, Georgia
590-605 AD
Kutaisi, Georgia
1106
Tmogvi, Georgia
12th century
Tbilisi, Georgia
6th century AD
Rustavi, Georgia
6th century AD
Kutaisi, Georgia
c. 1003
Mtskheta, Georgia
11th century
Gori, Georgia
1806-1810
Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
9th century AD
Zarzma, Georgia
8th century AD
Akhmeta, Georgia
6th century AD
Sighnaghi, Georgia
9th century AD
Kvareli, Georgia
4th century AD
Ikalto, Georgia
6th century AD
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.