Vicenza, Italy
1435
Belluno, Italy
1517-1624
Lecco, Italy
11th century
Barletta, Italy
1267
Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
1158
Piazza Armerina, Italy
1604-1719
Rome, Italy
467 AD
Verona, Italy
16th century
Brescia, Italy
13th century
Cernobbio, Italy
1758-1775
Lucera, Italy
1317
Codrongianos, Italy
1116
Aosta, Italy
11th century
Syracuse, Italy
c. 1100
San Benedetto Po, Italy
1007
Padula, Italy
1306
Biella, Italy
17th century
Avellino, Italy
1132-1166
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Tindari, Italy
1953
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.