Doorways Around the World

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips 2007. This doorway is in Sciacca, Sicily.

Photographer: Gaynor Sparrow. This doorway is in the province of Apuglia, Italy.

This is the door into a trullo in Altobello in the province of Apuglia in Italy. The trulli are ancient stone dwellings constructed without mortar. Photographer: Gaynor Sparrow.

In Rome’s Colonna district on the Via Due Macelli, here is the doorway of Borromini’s masterpiece Palazzo di Propoaganda Fide and Oratory (1650-64). This remains an extraterritorial property of the Holy See and the building still houses the SPF (Society for the Propagation of the Faith: think Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1953 on the death of Stalin, etc. with those letter behind him.). It’s an incredibly tight space and impossible to get a whole facade shot without angling from the side. This door and the curves in the facade are a response to that tight relationship with the street.

Photographer: James Russiello of Bath Daily Photo.

This is the rear entrance of the old post office headquarters. Taken in January 2007. Photographer: Frederik De Wachter of Milano Daily Photo. This doorway is in Milan, Italy.

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips. Taken September 2006. This doorway is in Burano, Italy.

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips. Taken September 2006. This doorway is in Varese, Italy. For a view of the whole house front, click here.

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips. Taken September 2006. This doorway is in Sesto Calende, Italy.

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips. Taken September 2006. This doorway is in Venice, Italy.

Photographer: Melinda Brovelli of Melinda Trips. Taken September 2006. This doorway is in Venice, Italy.