The earliest “post-Roman” bronze doors now in existence in Italy were made in Constantinople. They owe their existence to the merchant Pantaleone of Amalfi, who with his son Mauro ran a profitable Amalfi-Constantinople trading operation.
The first of their door gifts was as you would expect, given to the Cathedral of Amalfi itself. It was made in Constantinople around 1060 by Symeon of Syria, is still in place, and includes four panels with images of saints in inlaid silver, and remaining panels decorated with crosses.
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