Gniezno Doors

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Gniezno Doors - general view
Gniezno Doors - general view
Scene no. 5. from the left wing - Adalbert becomes bishop
Scene no. 5. from the left wing - Adalbert becomes bishop
Scene no. 7 from the right wing - Bolesław buys Adalbert's body back from the Prussians
Scene no. 7 from the right wing - Bolesław buys Adalbert's body back from the Prussians

The Gniezno Doors (Polish: Drzwi Gnieźnieńskie, Latin: Porta Enea, Porta Regia, Broonze Door, Royal Door) are a set of bronze doors in Cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. They are decorated with eighteen scenes from the life of St. Adalbert. According to Archidiosese of Gniezno [1] they were made in about 1175 in Gniezno during the reign of Mieszko III the Old and are one of the most significant work of romanesque art in Poland. According to a German sociologist Dietmar Albrecht (Ostsee Akademie), the bronze doors were made at Hildesheim.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Archidiosese of Gniezno

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