{"id":13813,"date":"2022-08-19T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=13813"},"modified":"2022-07-28T16:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:05:43","slug":"cant-you-hear-me-knocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/?p=13813","title":{"rendered":"CAN’T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m fascinated by door knockers. They come in all shapes and sizes. An ancient door knocker in Paris is pictured above.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A \u201dHand Of Fatima\u201d knocker wards off evil spirits.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A brass door knocker in Rabat, Morocco.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A hand door knocker symbolizes \u201cwarding off the evil eye.\u201d Menton, France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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An ancient knocker.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A brass hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An all-seeing lion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beautiful, colorful ancient door with double door knockers in Marrakesh, Morocco.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An ancient door knocker in the old town of Cannes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Dual door knockers in lawyers’ offices in Taormina, Sicily.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marrakesh doors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Istanbul door with a brass knocker.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A door with beautiful iron work in Capri.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A blue door.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The imposing lion<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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A door in Cannes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A blue door in the 6th arrondissement in Paris<\/strong>. Adjacent to this door are plaques commemorating two 19-year-old French young men who died on that spot August 18 and 19 for the Liberation of Paris during the Nazi occupation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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I like the symbolism of this door knocker. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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A tiny hand on an ancient door in the old town of Cannes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m fascinated by door knockers. They come in all shapes and sizes. An ancient door knocker in Paris is pictured above. A \u201dHand Of Fatima\u201d knocker wards off evil spirits. A brass door knocker in Rabat, Morocco. A hand door knocker symbolizes \u201cwarding off the evil eye.\u201d Menton, France. An ancient knocker. A brass hand. An all-seeing lion. A beautiful, colorful ancient door with double door knockers in Marrakesh, Morocco. An ancient door knocker in the old town of Cannes. Dual door knockers in lawyers’ offices in Taormina, Sicily. Marrakesh doors. Istanbul door with a brass knocker. A door with beautiful iron work in Capri. A blue door. The imposing lion. A door in Cannes. A blue door in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. Adjacent to this door are plaques commemorating two 19-year-old French young men who died on that spot August 18 and 19 for the Liberation of Paris during the Nazi occupation. I like the symbolism of this door knocker. A tiny hand on an ancient door in the old town of Cannes. Photos: Dick Gentry. Not to be used without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[539,540],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-door-knockers","category-doors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gentryconnects.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1_result-2.jpg?fit=525%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13813"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13961,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13813\/revisions\/13961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentryconnects.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}