Porte Saint-Julien, La Ferté-Bernard, France

The city gate of Saint-Julien was built around 1480. The massive gate had part of city fortifications and was strenghtened after besiege of 1590. Later it was converted as city hall.

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Nastia Lenfant (2 years ago)
Beautiful heritage vestiges of an ancient time...

Анатолій Вербицький (3 years ago)
A wonderful walking area

Sylvain Charpentier (3 years ago)
The unmissable site of La Ferté Bernard.

monique hermans (5 years ago)
Just a pleasant city, with something for everyone.

Marcin (6 years ago)
Very nice little old town centre, lots of small shops but unfortunately closed on Tuesdays.

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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.

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