10 Amazing Old Doors of the World Architecture
Art Nouveau doors and beyond.
“We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” — Walt Disney.
A door is a movable structure used to close off an entrance, typically consisting of a panel that swings on hinges or that slides or rotates.
It is a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle.
The created opening in the wall is a doorway or portal.
A door's primary purpose is to provide security by controlling access to the doorway (portal).
It is a panel that fits into the doorway (portal) of a building, room, or vehicle.
Doors are made of a material suited to the door’s task. It can be made mainly in wood, steel, glass, iron…
The door at the Milan Cathedral. Artwork on the door of the Cathedral. Italy.
“Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller.
Art Nouveau door with a decorative sunflower motif (Rybnik Silesia). Poland.
Art Nouveau door. Cabinet by Ödön Faragó, from Budapest. Hungary (1901).
