The bas-relief, placed on the door of the Basilica of Our Lady of Angels and Martyrs, depicts two key moments in Christianity; the Annunciation and the Resurrection. It took the artist two years to work on the sculpture, dedicated to Karol Wojtyla.

The door, designed and made by Igor Mitoraj, consists of two wings, separated by narrow brick pillars with a brick niche in the middle. The flat surface of the door has been covered with a green and rust patina.

On the right wing of the relief, the artist has placed the figures of the archangel Gabriel and Mary, in the convention of antique statues. Mary wears a wet cloth clinging to her body, a reference to the Greek goddesses of the Hellenistic period and the 'wet robe' style then in use, exposing the beauty of the body.

The Archangel Gabriel has the torso of a Greek youth.

On the left wing of the door, Mitoraj places Christ, whose entire body is deeply pierced by a cross.

In the archivolt, six heads (witnesses, guards, martyrs). In the lower part of the wing, under the figure of Christ, other heads, some bandaged.

"The Angelic Gate" captures the beauty of antiquity, symbolically referring to Christianity.

Some scholars see in the 'Angelic Gate' a reference to an icon.

Material: bronze

Location: Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels and Martyrs (Piazza della Repubblica, Rome, Italy).