Mérida, Spain
8 BCE
Ávila, Spain
11th century
Ávila, Spain
1091
A Coruña, Spain
2nd century AD
Mérida, Spain
16-15 BCE
Guadalupe, Spain
14th century
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
1563
Úbeda, Spain
16th century
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
1499
Mérida, Spain
835 AD
Ávila, Spain
c. 1120
Mérida, Spain
25 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Aranjuez, Spain
16th century
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Córdoba, Spain
936 AD
Oviedo, Spain
848 AD
Baeza, Spain
16th century
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
c. 830 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.