Oviedo, Spain
842 AD
Mérida, Spain
13th century
Lugo, Spain
3rd century AD
Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
Ávila, Spain
1130-1160
Ávila, Spain
1482-1493
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Lena, Spain
852 AD
Ávila, Spain
16th century
Ávila, Spain
1562
Antequera, Spain
3000 BCE
Ávila, Spain
1210
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Ávila, Spain
1478
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Antequera, Spain
1800 BCE
Santillana del Mar, Spain
36,000 BCE
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Atapuerca, Spain
800000 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century 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.