Roxburghshire, United Kingdom
12th century
Roxburghshire, United Kingdom
1136
Dunfermline, United Kingdom
1128-1150
Kirkwall, United Kingdom
1137
Yarmouth, United Kingdom
1635
Glasgow, United Kingdom
1814
Roslin, United Kingdom
15th century
Elgin, United Kingdom
1224
Tenby, United Kingdom
15th century
St Andrews, United Kingdom
15th century
Cardiff, United Kingdom
12th century
Peel, United Kingdom
11th century
Caernarfon, United Kingdom
14th century
Scone, United Kingdom
c. 1120
Armagh, United Kingdom
13th century
Glasgow, United Kingdom
1871
Berwickshire, United Kingdom
1150
Londonderry, United Kingdom
1633
Gibraltar, United Kingdom
1810
Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
1854-1855
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.