Overdoor

A Supraporte (Latin supra = above, porta = gate, door,. Well it Sopraporte or French Dessus -de- porte ) is mounted on a door or a portal painting or relief. It can hang freely or creatively incorporated into the door frame. In general, it is unique, with which also the respective craftsmen put a monument.

The Supraporte comes in many styles. It is particularly popular in castles and residences of the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo, and later in middle-class houses of Historicism and Art Nouveau. Sopraportas may contain an emblem or a cartridge, but other motives. Painted lintels are usually thematically related to the space in which they hang or leads to the door. Several sopraportas in a room can be related to each other or form with the rest of the artistic design of the space, a reference system.

To crown a doorway with a decorative Supraporte, was in the Bergische Land at the time of the Bergisch Baroque usual. Home-style houses from ancient times have today on these ornaments.

Office building with Supraporte in Clare Bach - Remscheid