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Train station of Saint Benedict (Porto) (*) as one of the 14 most beautiful in the world

August 25, 2011 by Castile
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Train station of Saint Benedict (Porto) considered one of the 14 most beautiful in the world

I congratulate the beautiful city of Porto World Heritage by UNESCO. This reference also serves to compliment the many beautiful railway stations we have in this country, which owe much to the vigor of the landscape and its collection tile, very typical cultural heritage of Portugal. But the train station of Saint Benedict (Porto) is perhaps even more beautiful than temos.Aqui is the newspaper Público .

"The train station of Saint Benedict, in Porto, was considered one of the 14 most beautiful in the world by U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure , which highlights the tile panels of Jorge Colaco. The list includes another work by Portuguese architects, but in Mozambique: Maputo train station.

estação de são bento 300x291 Estação de comboios de São Bento (Porto) (*) considerada uma das 14 mais belas do mundo In the list of 14 most beautiful train stations, the St. Benedict designed by the architect Marques da Silva and inaugurated in 1915, is distinguished by its stone facade and mansard roofs, as well as the "20 thousand splendid tiles" created by Jorge Colaco and produced by Lusitana Ceramics Factory, a work which, according to Travel + Leisure (T + L) , any visitor will "sigh."
On the walls of the train station of St. Benedict may surprise a few episodes in the history of Portugal, as the entry of D. John I in Porto, to celebrate the marriage with D. Philippa of Lancaster, or the tournament of Arcos de Valdevez.

In St. Benedict, the Travel + Leisure also highlights the beauty of the season in Maputo, Mozambique, the only choice on the African continent and built between 1913 and 1916, was designed by Portuguese architect Alfredo Augusto Lima Lisbon, Mário Veiga and Ferreira da Costa (though wrongly, is sometimes given as designed by Gustave Eiffel).
The list also includes rail beautiful buildings and courtyards of the Atocha station in Madrid stations Kanazawa (Japan), Southern Cross Station (Melbourne, Australia), Sirkeci (Istanbul, Turkey) or the neo-Gothic S. Pancras International (London, UK).
The United States tops the list with three stations - Union Station in Los Angeles, Union Station in Washington, and Grand Central Terminal in New York.
In Europe, especially also to the central station in Antwerp, Belgium. The architecture and decoration of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in Mumbai, India, and the train from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, also placed in the magazine's list
The complete list of T + L
St. Pancras International, London
CFM, Maputo
Sirkeci, Istanbul
Southern Cross, Melbourne
Kanazawa, Japan
Atocha, Madrid
Union Station, Los Angeles
Central Station, Antwerp
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

Train station of St. Benedict, Porto
Union Station, Washington DC
Gare du Nord, Paris
Station Kuala Lumpur
Grand Central Terminal, New York. "
Photo Credits: www.skyscrapercity.com ( Here are other beautiful train stations of Portugal ).

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