14 of the most famous front doors in the world from movies and fiction to churches and castles.
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No.10 Downing Street
Possibly the most famous and most recognised door in the United Kingdom.
The Baptistery of St. John in Florence, Italy.
These doors were the creation of Italian artist Lorenzo Ghiberti and were later referred to as “The Gates of Paradise” by Michelangelo
The door to the Tower of London
This door was built in 1080 and in its time it has seen the likes of Guy Fawkes, Lady Jane Grey and Queen Anne Boleyn pass through.
The Magic Door,
The Magic Door stands in the middle of a roman park in Porta Alchemica.
Notting Hill blue door
The set door for the 1999 movie featuring Hugh Grant.
The Alamo
The boundary of the fighting between Mexicans and Texicans in 1836, USA.
The Le Corbusier Doors
The Swiss-French artist Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris , better known as Le Corbusier often used pivot doors as a canvas for his art murals, as shown here in the Heidi Weber Pavilion in Zurich.
Roslyn’s Chapel, Scotland
This doorway is rumoured to be haunted
Tintagel Castle Cornwall.
Known as King Arthur’s birthplace.
The Urnes Stavkirke in Sogn.
This famous knotwork carving dates back to 1050 AD and is part of the oldest church in Norway.
The most famous door in Dublin
Dublin is famous for its Georgian doors and this is the most photographed of all of them.
Bilbo Hobbit Door
A famous fictional door from the book and later the film ‘The Hobbit’. It is the famous round green door with a large central bronze knob built into the side of a hill and where, in The Hobbit, Gandalf first knocks for Bilbo Baggins.
221b Baker Street
The home of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The famous address has received post from fans since the 1930’s.
St Peters Basilica’s holy door in the Vatican, Rome.
It is sealed from the inside and is only opened in Holy Years (Jubilee). Also called the Porto Sancta, the Holy year takes place every 25 years, the last one being in 2000.
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I don't think they're the most famous, but they are very nice!
I don't think they're the most famous, but they are very nice!
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