Oldest Bronze Door (115 AD); still in use in Pantheon, Rome, Italy. This door cast in bronze for Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) rebuilding, dated about 115 AD.
This large bronze doors to cella, measuring 4.45m wide by 7.53m high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person. Each half of double door weighs 8.5 tonnes, and rotates on pins set into floor and architrave above.
Oldest Bronze Door (115 AD); still in use in Pantheon, Rome, Italy. This door cast in bronze for Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD) rebuilding, dated about 115 AD.
This large bronze doors to cella, measuring 4.45m wide by 7.53m high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person. Each half of double door weighs 8.5 tonnes, and rotates on pins set into floor and architrave above.