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Are the senate doors on the Roman Senate still original for 1000s of years ago?

AI RESPONSE
  • Then in the 17th century (around 1660s), the original bronze doors were removed and moved to the entrance of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) in Rome, where they still stand today.
  • The doors now on the Curia are exact bronze copies made during the building’s 1930s restoration under Mussolini.