Strange Door Knockers & Door Handles

Some of these architectural and historic artefacts can be truly elaborate works of art, some possess hidden (arcane, esoteric) meaning, which often has to do with spiritual passages, or opening of magical doorways in the otherwise un-yeilding and uncaring world. Today we are going to see the most interesting, ornate, unexpected ones - send us more examples of these fascinating objects that you found around of world. Here is a couple of fascinating finds: first, a door knocker from Cairo, Egypt, c. 1880 (left image) - and a beautiful esoteric design from House of Shambala in Lhasa, Tibet