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Salinillas de Buradón is a fortified town that keeps a great part of its defence walls. Due to its location, in the border of the Rioja Alavesa region, its defence was fundamental in the Middle Ages.
In 1264, the nobleman don Sancho ordered the movement of its population to its current location and the contruction of these walls, for which limestone was prominently used. In the 16th and 17th centuries, on the other hand, there was an important reform and some parts of the walls were changed. Some parts were demolished and the stones were used for the new constructions. The Northern entrance, with its special reduced arch, belongs to this time.
References: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.