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12th century
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c. 1520
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1469-1472
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12th century
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14th century
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15th century
Torphichen, United Kingdom
1140s
Ryde, United Kingdom
1132/1912
Dolgellau, United Kingdom
1189
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c. 1135
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1318
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13th century
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15th century
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1142
St Donats, United Kingdom
12th century
Llangollen, United Kingdom
13th century
Montgomery, United Kingdom
1220s
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12th century
Peel, United Kingdom
1879-1884
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12th century
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.