Åland Museum, Maarianhamina, Finland

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Piotr Staniszewski (7 months ago)
One of the best Maritime museums I have ever visited. Fully dedicated to merchant shipping with particular focus on the dusk of the age of windjammers and brave Aland sailors and their journeys to the farthest corners of the world. One of two remaining pirate flags is a highlight!

Aleksandr Filippenko (8 months ago)
Great museum exhibition with a great variety of covered themes, from ship models to lighthouse's lights and history explanation. Tickets covers two museums, this one and the Pommern ship. A good visit would take 90-120 for both museums, or 60-90 for this one only.

DMINATOR (2 years ago)
If you're into ships and anything related, this is the place to visit! The ticket price was 15€ for adults. The place has 3 floors total with one underground. There are plenty of interesting things to see and discover, including: a real pirate flag, highly detailed ship models and artifacts from the life of sailors For children there are many interactive expositions to explore with "sea monsters" as a highlight.

CHAYANAN DINSAKUN (2 years ago)
Nice example of how maritime life was in the past and a well preserved ship. This landmark of Mariehamn is a must see for everybody.

Simo Salo (2 years ago)
It was a greater experience than I thought it would be.

Church of St Donatus

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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