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Portal (architecture)
Access opening in a wall of a structure
Access opening in a wall of a structure
A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure.
Doors, metal gates, or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the opening may be made of simple building materials or decorated with ornamentation. The elements of a portal can include the voussoir, tympanum, an ornamented mullion or trumeau between doors, and columns with carvings of saints in the westwork of a church.
Examples
File:Baroque portal in Brescia.jpg|Baroque portal of a private palace in Brescia File:Quito Iglesia de El Carmen Bajo Southwestern carved door.jpg|Baroque portal of the Church of El Carmen Bajo Monastery in Quito File:Dülmen, St.-Viktor-Kirche, Eingangsportal -- 2021 -- 4504-10.jpg|Wooden portal of the Church of St. Victor in Dülmen File:Porto - Sant Martí de Cedofeita - Façana principal.JPG|Romanesque portal of the Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita, with nested arches File:Hronsky Benadik-Hlavny portal klastorneho kostola.jpg|Gothic portal of the church in Hronský Beňadik File:FI-Tampere-2019-09-08T153429EEST lc.JPG|Romantic portal of the St. John's Cathedral in Tampere File:Metz Cathédrale St. Étienne Portal 2.jpg|Gothic portal of the Cathedral of Saint Stephen in Metz File:Karaman Hatuniye Medresi 4812.jpg|Taşkapı (stone gatehouse) of the Hatuniye Medresesi in Karaman File:Murad darvazası.JPG|Murad's Gate in the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Baku File:Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas.JPG|Rococo portal of the Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas in Valencia File:Tochtportaal - Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent (5).jpg|Portal of the Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent File:Jagiellonian University Collegium Novum, 1882 designed by Feliks Księżarski, 24 Gołębia street, Old Town, Kraków, Poland (1).jpg|Portal of the Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Other uses
The term portal is also applied to the ends of a tunnel.
References
References
- Ching, Francis. (1997). "A Visual Dictionary of Architecture". Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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