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Gniezno Doors: Poland's Romanesque Masterpiece
In this episode of The Story of Poland, Lucas and Luna explore the Gniezno Doors, a pair of twelfth-century bronze doors that stand as one of Poland's most treasured Romanesque monuments. Cast in around 1175, the doors depict eighteen scenes from the life of Saint Adalbert, the missionary bishop who brought Christianity to Prussia and became Poland's patron saint. Lucas unpacks the doors' craftsmanship, their likely origins in a Magdeburg or Hildesheim workshop, and the historical puzzle of their creation—commissioned by Duke Mieszko III the Old to honor his father Bolesław III…
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