Val Müstair, Switzerland
c. 775 AD
Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
1090-1097
Rheinau, Switzerland
778 AD
Disentis-Mustér, Switzerland
8th century AD
Warth, Switzerland
1150
Windisch, Switzerland
1308
Schwyz, Switzerland
1275
Uri, Switzerland
1879
Stans, Switzerland
1583
Bremgarten, Switzerland
c. 1300
Eschenz, Switzerland
15th century
Weesen, Switzerland
1256
Fischingen, Switzerland
1138
Metzerlen-Mariastein, Switzerland
1648
Basel, Switzerland
1898-1901
Engelberg, Switzerland
1120
Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
6th century AD
Posieux, Switzerland
1138
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
c. 1125
Bellelay, Switzerland
1136-1142
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.