Córdoba, Spain
784 AD
Seville, Spain
1401
Seville, Spain
1584
Oviedo, Spain
781 AD
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1075
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Seville, Spain
10th century AD
Granada, Spain
889 AD
Valencia, Spain
1482-1533
Burgos, Spain
1221
Toledo, Spain
around 200 BC
Granada, Spain
13th century
Cáceres, Spain
13th century
Salamanca, Spain
3rd century BC
Segovia, Spain
50 BCE
Córdoba, Spain
8th century AD
Córdoba, Spain
10th century AD
Segovia, Spain
12th century
Granada, Spain
11th century
Getxo, Spain
1893
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.