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The
Gniezno Doors (
Polish:
Drzwi Gnieźnieńskie, latin
Porta Ene,
Porta Regia) are a set of
bronze doors in
Gniezno Cathedral in
Gniezno,
Poland. The doors are decorated with eighteen scenes from the life of St.
Adalbert of Prague. According to Archidiosese of Gniezno
[1] they were made about
1175 in Gniezno during rule 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.
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