Saint Margaret's Chapel in Epfig is an 11th-century Romanesque church, part of the Route Romane d'Alsace.The chapel is of special historic and architectural interest. The church tower dates from the 11th century. The unique porch gallery was added in the 12th century. A square chapel was added in 1516.
The interior contains some fine wall paintings. In the porch is a 19th-century ossuary, containing the bones and 277 skulls of local people who died in the 1525 peasant's war. The medieval-style gardens in front of the chapel, which include a cross-shaped herbal garden and fountain, were added in 2002. The Church was classed a historic monument in 1876, following substantial restoration work in 1875. The statue of Saint Margaret which used to stand in the chapel was stolen in 1973.
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.