Doorway of a humble dwelling at Acoma Pueblo, the oldest continuously inhabited dwelling in the U. S. where today approximately 100 people live year-round in this village that has no electricity or running water.

Doorway — Acoma Pueblo, NM

An elegant arched doorway from the opulent living room to the spacious hallway of the 36,000-square-foot home of John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota, Florida — Ca’ d’Zan.

Doorway — Ca’ d’Zan at The Ringling in Sarasota, Florida

And last, (perhaps least in terms of monetary value but not in historical significance), the prison door on Robben Island through which Nelson Mandela peered for 18 years.

Cell of Nelson Mandela — Robben Island, South Africa

Doors speak volumes, don’t they?

For more picturesque doors in the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Door, click here. 

Haakkume Dyunni — Painted Pottery of Acoma Pueblo

on exhibit from August 31, 2013 to September 7, 2014

Pueblo of Acoma: Sky City Cultural Museum and Haak’u Museum

approximately one hour from Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://www.acomaskycity.org/

For more handmade items in Ailsa’s challenge on Where’s My Backpack this week — Travel theme: Handmade — click here.

One of many ancient walls in Acoma Pueblo Sky City, a village located on a mesa approximately 60 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and continuously inhabited since the 1200s.

This special place, Acoma Pueblo, is known as “Haaku,” a spiritual homeland for an eternal dwelling. One of the oldest continually inhabited communities in the U. S. where almost 100 people live year-round with no running water or electricity, New Mexico’a Acoma Pueblo Sky City is open for tours on which you can take pictures of the spectacular view from the mesa and touch the ancient walls of the original buildings.

For more entries in this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall, click here.

For more information on Acoma Pueblo along with visitation days and times, click here.