Palermo, Italy
1682
Genoa, Italy
9th century AD
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c. 313 AD
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9th century AD
Venice, Italy
639 AD
Capri, Italy
1371
Milan, Italy
1496
Palermo, Italy
1606-1632
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15th century
Albenga, Italy
c. 1100
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1303-1305
Palermo, Italy
1662
Padua, Italy
1276
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1558
Turin, Italy
1678
Caltanissetta, Italy
16th century
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1756-1796
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1768
Messina, Italy
12th century
Certosa di Pavia, Italy
1396-1495
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.