bronze main doors (Pisa)

Italy / Toscana / Pisa / Piazza dei Miracoli
The massive bronze main doors were made in the workshops of Giambologna, replacing the original doors destroyed in a fire in 1595. The central door was in bronze and made around 1180 by Bonanno Pisano, while the other two were probably in wood. However worshippers never used the façade doors to enter, instead entering by way of the Porta di San Ranieri (St. Ranieri's Door), in front of the Leaning Tower, made in around 1180 by Bonanno Pisano.
The place is located in Pisa Cathedral (Duomo)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_dei_Miracoli#Duomo
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Coordinates:   43°43'23"N   10°23'44"E
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