A Very Old Door

A door is both an invitation and a warning. This very old door is in Segovia, Spain. The building is called The House of the Peaks because of the stone carvings on the walls. Here is an old photo of the same building with the door.

Here is a very short history of the building from the Segovia Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño.

Towards the last third of the fifteenth century, the Regidor D. Juan de la Hoz, carves out this typical Segovian house "having this façade built in which from the plinth to the ledge, except for the gaps, only ashlars carved in diamond point enter Thus, this ornament does not appear sown here and there by the façade as in that of the Salmantine shells, but rather covers it all, lending it a character of rudeness and medieval sullenness . "
Throughout its history, the building has passed through various owners, both public and private, and in the 1970s it was transferred to the Ministry of Education and Science that rehabilitated and adapted it to install a School of Applied Arts in it, beginning to operate in 1977 .

A very interesting building. Here is another photo showing the carved wall.