Alta, Norway
4200-500 BC
Forfar, United Kingdom
9th century AD
Tanum, Sweden
1800-500 BC
Santillana del Mar, Spain
36,000 BCE
Aberlemno, United Kingdom
500-800 AD
Forres, United Kingdom
600-1000 AD
Austre Åmøy, Norway
1000 BC - 0 AD
Niaux, France
11500 BC
Ribadesella, Spain
33000-10000 BCE
Forres, United Kingdom
500-800 AD
Custonaci, Italy
18,000 BCE
Villar de la Yegua, Spain
18000 BCE
Matera, Italy
8th century AD
Norrköping, Sweden
1900 BC
Lossiemouth, United Kingdom
6th century AD
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
10000 - 8000 BCE
Suomussalmi, Finland
3000-100 B.C
Botkyrka, Sweden
1800-500 BC
Lysekil, Sweden
1000 - 500 BC
Forfar, United Kingdom
500-800 AD
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.