The "anti-gluttony door" is found within the Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal. The door was designed to be so narrow (around 12.5 inches wide) that monks who had gained too much weight due to overeating would be unable to pass through it to access the kitchen for food.
The story goes back to the middle ages, where this door stood a doorway that offered no forgiveness for excess. It did not speak, nor did it judge—it simply measured: two meters tall and only 32cm wide. Known as the “fat friar’s door,” it was situated between the kitchen and the dining hall, silently enforcing the discipline that a monk didn't eat if he couldn’t fit through it.
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