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Portal (architecture)

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For other uses, seePortal (disambiguation).

Access opening in a wall of a structure

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Gothic portal from Notre-Dame at Reugny, from the late 12th century, made of limestone, in theMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

Aportal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure.^[1]^{[page needed]}

Doors, metalgates, orportcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the opening may be made of simple building materials or decorated withornamentation. The elements of a portal can include thevoussoir,tympanum, an ornamentedmullion ortrumeau between doors, andcolumns with carvings of saints in thewestwork of achurch.^{[citation needed]}