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Parthenon

The bronze doors weight 7.5 tons each. They measure 24' high, 7' wide and 1' thick. There are two sets (4 doors total) of these enormous doors in the Parthenon. This makes them the largest set of matching bronze doors in the world. The Parthenon doors in antiquity were only slightly lighter and were wooden with a bronze overlay.
Like its predecessor in Greece, the Parthenon in Nashville faces east. In antiquity this would allow light to come into the building as the sun came up and the doors were opened.
Until 1988 visitors entered Nashville's Parthenon through the doors at the west end of the building. Visitors now must enter the east end of the building at the sidewalk level. The east façade was considered the "front" of the building by the ancient Greeks.