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2. Doors of the Roman Pantheon - Wikipedia

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   The doors, measuring 4.45 metres (14.6 ft) wide and 7.53 metres (24.7 ft) high, consist of two leaves. [2] The panels and lintels of the doors are made of cast bronze. Each leaf pivots on pins installed in the floor at the bottom and in the architrave at the top. [3]

3. Weatherstripping - Wikipedia

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   Weatherstrippers install a threshold, cut the door and install a sweep or J-hook to the bottom of the door, and nail spring-steel bronze into the doorjamb to seal the gap. Door weatherstripping is critical for thermal comfort and the overall energy efficiency of any building , particularly in Zero Energy and Passive House building projects for ...

4. Threshold (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A worn-out wooden threshold. A threshold is the sill of a door. Some cultures attach special symbolism to a threshold. It is called a door saddle in New England. [citation needed] Door thresholds cover the gap between the floor and the door frame, helping to prevent any water leaks, insects or draughts from entering through the opening.

5. Holy door - Wikipedia

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   Pope Boniface VIII began the tradition of the Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, in 1300 and the Catholic Church has celebrated them every 25 years or so ever since. [1] A major part of the Holy Year for Catholics is a pilgrimage to Rome and the ritual passing over the threshold of the holy door to symbolise the passing into the presence of God.

6. Door - Wikipedia

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   The bronze doors on the Aachen Cathedral in Germany date back to about 800 AD. Bronze baptistery doors at the Cathedral of Florence were completed in 1423 by Ghiberti. [7] (For more information, see: Copper in architecture). Roman wall painting of an ornate door, in the Villa Boscoreale (Italy), from the first century AD

7. Bernward Doors - Wikipedia

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   The westwork of Hildesheim Cathedral in 2005. Each leaf of the doors was cast as a single piece. Given the size (left: 472.0 x 125.0 cm, right: 472.0 x 114.5 cm, maximum thickness c. 3.5-4.5 cm) and enormous weight (both c. 1.85 tonnes) of the doors, this is a great achievement for its time.