Assisi Diary - Day 40 - San Quirico and Decorative Doorknockers

Attended mass at the Monastero delle Clarisse di San Quirico (convent of Poor Clares) this morning.  The monastery is 15th Century, although the interior of the church is clearly more recent. (Saint Quirico was a child, martyred with his mother, in the year 304.)

Since today has been spent around town, thought I'd have some fun posting some of Assisi's more illustrious doorknockers.  Many are nicely designed and functional, similar to this one.

However, some might make you think twice before knocking.

Some have ancient origins.  And why go Etruscan when you can have Egyptian?

Wonder if this is the home of a hair stylist?

Time to move on to the top three.  In third place, for its pleasant and welcoming demeanor, is this friendly and unassuming work.

Second place goes to the other extreme.  Not exactly pleasant, welcoming, friendly or unassuming, but you have to be impressed by a doorknocker that looks you straight in the eye.  Someone put a lot of work into this, probably a long time ago.

Furthermore, it has a twin.

Okay.  Time to move on to #1.  First, I'll disclose that I found the winner outside of the gates of Assisi in Santa Maria degli Angeli.  This may elicit a protest from the owner of second place Tweedledee and Tweedledum, but someone was bound to knock my choices.  In any event, #1 really deserves a hand.

Of all the doorknockers, this one is perhaps the most tempting to draw back and follow through with a few good raps.  Just what doorknockers are for.

Ciao.