5052 x 3382 px | 42,8 x 28,6 cm | 16,8 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
30. Oktober 2009
Ort:
São Bento Train Station, Oporto, Portugal
Weitere Informationen:
The São Bento Train Station (Portuguese: Estação de São Bento) is located in the city of Porto. The name of the station derives from a Benedictine monastery built on this spot in the 16th century. The monastery fell victim of a fire in 1783, was later rebuilt, but was in a grave state of disrepair at the end of the 19th century. In the context of an expansion of the railway system in Portuguese territory, King Carlos I laid the first stone of the station in 1900. The project was entrusted to Porto architect José Marques da Silva, who designed a building under the influence of French Beaux-Arts architecture. There are 20 thousand magnificent tile panels in the vestible, which date from 1905-1916 and are the work ofJorge Colaço, the most important azulejo painter of the time.
