James Wood

Choosing an external door to your home is highly important, not only does it provide a warm welcome into your home, but it is also a security against people who you do not particularly wish to enter.

We all love good traditional oak doors and many of us have them installed in our homes, but here are five of the most famous doors in the world. Historically, culturally and politically significant these are the five doors that you should really see in and around Europe!

The world of oak isn’t simply all about oak wood doors and coffee tables, in fact Oak is one of the most beautiful and natural sought after materials in the world; known for its sturdiness and endurance for thousands of years, the oak tree was one of the first cultural signifiers.