Zürich, Switzerland
1486
Bern, Switzerland
1421
Zürich, Switzerland
1100-1220
Zürich, Switzerland
853 AD
Geneva, Switzerland
15th century
Geneva, Switzerland
c. 1160
Zürich, Switzerland
c. 1230
Lucerne, Switzerland
1667
Basel, Switzerland
12th century
Bern, Switzerland
13th century
Bern, Switzerland
1341
Lausanne, Switzerland
1170-1275
St. Gallen, Switzerland
747 AD
Solothurn, Switzerland
1772-1773
Basel, Switzerland
1857-1864
Zürich, Switzerland
1231
Stein am Rhein, Switzerland
1007
Sion, Switzerland
11th century
Geneva, Switzerland
1852-1857
Fribourg, Switzerland
1283
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.