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Historical Archive: Aachen doors Aachen cathedral (palace chapel) western portal, "Wolfstür" around 800 bronze, each valve cast as a single piece, lion heads cast separately north valve 3.935 x 1.352 meters (12' 10.9" x 4' 5.2") south valve 3.920 x 1.342 meters (12' 10.3" x 4' 4.8") thickness 4.2-5.9 cm (1.6-2.3 inches) doors with portal surround full doors with people for scale second register from bottom south lion head with ornament bands north lion head north lion head, closer view north lion head, foliate ornament egg and dart ornament band narrower ornament bands