Protectimg or Inviting?...

I never saw this gate being open. Can imagine it was built to let the horse carriages in and out, not it all seems redundant, apart from the fact that this was art unlike the shameless red barrier so stupidly fixed behind this gate...
A full and wonderful day with early start to see the treasures of the Vatican Museums and the Pinacoteque in Tretiakov Gallery. This gate is right by the Gallery, but has nothing to do with it, an object of art by itself....