San Donato, Romanesque church in central Genoa, Italy.

San Donato is a Romanesque church in Genoa's Molo quarter, built of pale local limestone. Its facade has a projecting porch of alternating pale and dark stone bands forming nested round arches over wooden double doors, a central rose window and a row of small blind arches along the top. The interior has three naves, each with its own apse, divided by twelve columns: six monolithic granite columns from the first building phase and later courses of black and white blocks. The octagonal tower on the crossing is the only one of its kind in Genoa.

The church was consecrated in 1189 and witnessed foreign invasions, including attacks by French naval forces in 1684. Over the centuries, extensive restoration work repaired damage and preserved the structure for future generations.

The left nave leads to the Chapel of St Joseph, once the carpenters' guild oratory and incorporated into the church in the 19th century. Since 1996 it has housed Joos van Cleve's 1515 triptych of the Adoration of the Magi, with the donor Stefano Raggi and his patron saint on the left shutter and Mary Magdalene on the right. The church also keeps a 14th-century Madonna by Nicolò da Voltri and a St Joseph by Domenico Piola.

The church stands on Piazza San Donato in the Molo quarter, a short walk from Genoa's old port. The entrance porch faces the square, and the side along Stradone di Sant'Agostino holds an 18th-century Baroque aedicule with a Madonna and Child by Giovanni Domenico Casella. Look for the stone plaque in vico Biscotti marking the former Oratory of the Morte e Misericordia.

The octagonal tower over the crossing is a torre nolare, the only example of its kind in Genoa. Its third order of double and triple windows was added by Alfredo d'Andrade during his restoration between 1888 and 1895, so the top level is 19th-century work.