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Doors - the portals to our world.

International teacher, just out here teaching kids and snapping doors.
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Ikaria Door #Greece #doors #bluezone #travel #photography
Ikaria Island door, Ikaria, Greece is one of the world’s recognized Blue Zones, where residents commonly live well into old age. The island takes its name from the myth of Icarus, who is said to have fallen into the sea nearby after flying too close to the sun.
July 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Patara Entrance
#doors #history #travel #Turkey
Entrance to the Roman theater at Patara, ancient Lycia’s capital in present-day Turkey. Built in the 1st century AD, the theater hosted performances and possibly assemblies of the Lycian League, one of history’s earliest democratic federations. Patara was also the birthplace of Saint Nicholas and served as a key Roman naval and trade hub.
June 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Gothic niche-less doors
#doors #Rhodes #history #travel
Gothic stone doorway in Rhodes, built by the Knights Hospitaller.
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Tlos Necropolis Doors
#Doors #history #travel #Lycian
Necropolis doors at Tlos, an ancient Lycian city in southwestern Turkey. Tombs carved into the cliff date to the 4th century BCE and the largest tomb includes a relief of a Bellerophon riding Pegasus.
June 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Mor Gabriel
#doors #photography #travel
It’s hot out there.
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Harran doors
#history #Mesopotamia #architecture #TurkeyTravel
Beehive-shaped mud-brick houses in Harran, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border. Harran has been continuously inhabited since the Bronze Age and was a major center in Mesopotamian, Assyrian, and Islamic history. It served as a key stop on trade routes connecting the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia and was known for its temple of the moon god Sin and later as a center of learning in the early Islamic world.
June 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Smyrna Doors
#Doors #Turkey #Travel #History
Stone arches in the basement of the Roman Agora of Smyrna (modern İzmir, Turkey). Smyrna was originally an ancient Greek settlement, later refounded in the 4th century BCE following a vision attributed to Alexander the Great. Under Roman rule, it became a major port and administrative center in Asia Minor, known for trade, early Christianity, and its inclusion among the Seven Churches of Revelation.
May 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Tomb Doors
#Urfa #necropolis #travel #Turkey #history #ancient
Rock-cut tombs in the necropolis of Şanlıurfa, carved below Urfa Castle. These date to the Hellenistic and Roman periods but are part of a region with human activity dating back tens of thousands of years. Şanlıurfa lies in the northern arc of the Fertile Crescent, an area central to early human settlement. Just outside the city is Göbekli Tepe, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ritual complex dated to around 9600 BCE—currently the world’s oldest known monumental architecture.
May 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Mor Gabriel Monastery Doors
#Doors #TravelTurkey #HistoricSites #photography #HiddenGems
Mor Gabriel Monastery, founded in 397 AD, is the oldest Syriac Orthodox monastery still in use. Located in Tur Abdin, southeastern Turkey, it has served as a center of Syriac Christian life, education, and monasticism for over 1,600 years. The site includes a 5th-century church and has been continuously active.
May 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Mor Gabriel Doors
#Doors #Turkiye #History #Travel #Monasteries #Architecture
Founded in 397 AD in Tur Abdin (SE Turkey), it’s the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery. Built with support from Roman emperors, it became a major center for theology, translation, and monastic life—housing over 1,000 monks by the 6th century. Its architecture blends Roman, Byzantine, and Mesopotamian styles, including one of the region’s earliest domed churches. It survived Mongol invasions, Kurdish raids, and the 1915 Sayfo genocide and is still active today.
May 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Castle passage
#doors #TRNC #travel #Cyprus
Saint Hilarion Castle in Northern Cyprus began as a 10th-century Byzantine monastery and was later fortified to defend against Arab raids. It was expanded by the Lusignans during the Crusader period and became a royal residence and part of the island’s mountain defense system. Crusaders used the castle strategically, and it later passed into Venetian control before being abandoned in the 16th century. The castle is often linked to the inspiration for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle
May 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Forbidden Doors
#Abandoned #Ghosttown #Doors #history #travel #Cyprus
Varosha is a quarter of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus. Before 1974, it was a major tourist area with hotels, shops, and residences. In July 1974, following a Greek-backed coup and subsequent Turkish military intervention, the residents fled, and Varosha was fenced off. It has remained uninhabited for over four decades.
May 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Varosha Ghost Town Doors
#doors #NorthernCyprus #Travel #History #Ghosttown #Photography
Varosha is a quarter of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus. Before 1974, it was a major tourist area with hotels, shops, and residences. In July 1974, following a Greek-backed coup and subsequent Turkish military intervention, the residents fled, and Varosha was fenced off. It has remained uninhabited for over four decades.
May 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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St. Hilarion Doors
#Cyprus #Doors #history #travel #photography
St. Hilarion Castle, perched high in the Kyrenia mountain range, began as a Byzantine monastery in the 10th century. It was later fortified and expanded during the Crusader and Lusignan periods (12th–14th centuries), serving both as a military stronghold and a royal summer residence. The castle inspired many legends, including claims that it was the basis for Walt Disney’s Snow White castle design due to its fairy-tale appearance.
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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St. Hilarion doors
#doors #Cyprus #history #architecture #sleepingbeauty #travel
St. Hilarion Castle is a 10th-century fortress located in the Kyrenia mountains of Northern Cyprus. Originally a Byzantine monastery named after a hermit monk, it was later fortified to defend against Arab raids. The castle is known for its well-preserved architecture and strategic location. It is believed to have inspired Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle and appears as a Templar stronghold in the video game Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines.
April 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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St. Hilarion Castle
#history #travel #architecture #sleepingbeauty #cyprus #knightstemplar
St. Hilarion Castle is a 10th-century fortress located in the Kyrenia mountains of Northern Cyprus. Originally a Byzantine monastery named after a hermit monk, it was later fortified to defend against Arab raids. The castle is known for its well-preserved architecture and strategic location. It is believed to have inspired Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle and appears as a Templar stronghold in the video game Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines.
April 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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“Door of Death”
#Vatican #SaintPetersBasilica #Doors #History #Architecture
This is the Monument to Pope Alexander VII in St. Peter’s Basilica, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1671–1678. The door below, known as the “Door of Death,” was traditionally used for funeral processions. The skeleton with the hourglass represents death, while the four marble figures symbolize the virtues of Charity, Truth, Prudence, and Justice.
April 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Mon Saint Micheal Door
#doors #France #travel
An aged wooden door set in a stone archway at Mont Saint-Michel, a historic island abbey in Normandy, France. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, Mont Saint-Michel served as a medieval pilgrimage site and later as a fortress and prison.
April 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Abbey Doors
#doors #MontSaint-Michel #Normandy #history #travel #architecture
A pair of dark wooden doors with iron hinges set within a rounded Romanesque stone archway at Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. The doors are part of the medieval abbey complex, known for its Romanesque and Gothic architecture, built between the 11th and 16th centuries.
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Da Vinci Tomb Doors
#doors #history #travel #Amboise
Leonardo da Vinci spent his final years in Amboise, France, under the patronage of King Francis I. He died in 1519 and was buried in the Church of Saint-Florentin on the Château d’Amboise grounds. The church was later destroyed during the French Revolution, and Leonardo’s original grave was lost. In the 1860s, during excavations near the ruins, remains believed to be his were found and reinterred in the nearby Chapel of Saint-Hubert, a Gothic chapel overlooking the Loire Valley.
April 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Lesser used doors
#doors #photography #architecture #history #travel
A wooden double door in Warsaw, worn with age, set in a neoclassical façade. Above, a stone relief features angels holding a coat of arms
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Turquoise Door
#doors #Montenegro #Perast #History #Travel #photography
St. John the Baptist Church in Perast, Montenegro, dates back to 1595. Perast, a former Venetian stronghold on the Bay of Kotor, was a major maritime center with a naval academy and a history of shipbuilding. The town is known for its well-preserved Baroque architecture and historical churches.
March 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Door to Frauentor
#Nuremburg #doors #travel #Germany #history
The Frauentor (“Women’s Gate”) in Nuremberg was built around 1320 as part of the city’s expanded fortifications. It was named after the nearby St. Clara Monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and home to a Franciscan order of nuns. The gate was a key entrance through the second city wall until its demolition in the late 19th century. Today, its legacy lives on in Frauentorgraben and the Handwerkerhof, a medieval-style artisan market.
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Lucky Green Doors
#doors #photography #horseshoe #lucky
A green door with a horseshoe arch
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Workers Unite
#doors #Prauge #photography #architecture
A door in Prague depicting a worker/miner
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM