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Portal

Subject
Romanesque architecture of Western Pomerania
Author, school, workshop
unknown, possibly Cistercian Danish workshop
Contributor
Style
Romanesque
Date
after 1210, door carpentry - late 19th or early 20th century
Type
architectural element
Material and technique
bricks, ceramic fittings/lofting and masonry techniques
Size
Signatures and inscriptions
unsigned
Identity number
Department
Links/analogies
The portal was created during the first phase of the abbey's construction, linked to a Danish workshop brought in by the Cistercians.
Owner
Roman Catholic Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kolbacz
Copyright
Public domain
Location
North gable wall of transept. Currently the main entrance to the church
Description
Portal set in the wall projection. Late Romanesque, closed with a full arch. Stepped, three-sided reveals with a central rampart. The archivolt of the arch is framed by a frame of flat bricks laid in carriages to the face of the façade, decorated with quadruple fluting. The projection of masonry above the portal decorated with a frieze of small semi-circular arcades pressed into the cartwheels of bricks, surmounted by a moulded cornice. Deeply set Gothic stylised doorway, double-leafed, planked, with wrought iron fittings.