Athens, Greece
447 BC
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12th century
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15th century
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1711-1714
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1462
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16th century
Rethymno, Greece
1573-1580
Nafplio, Greece
13th century
Corfu, Greece
16th century
Thessaloniki, Greece
4th century AD
Rhodes, Greece
1464
Thessaloniki, Greece
4th century AD
Halki, Greece
14th century
Corfu, Greece
6th century AD
Monolithos, Greece
1480
Corfu, Greece
13th century
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13th century
Rhodes, Greece
1309
Mystras, Greece
1249
Attavyros, Greece
1472
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.