27/08/2022
Them's some doors!
Pantheon, Rome, Italy
The oldest door still in use in Rome. Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian's rebuilding, they date from about 115 AD.
Each door is solid bronze seven and a half feet wide & twenty-five feet high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person. It's also one of the only two doors in the world with a 2000 year old lock that is still working.