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Central Station, Piazza Duca d'Aosta, Milan: the train canopy and one of the platform atria

RIBA Ref No RIBA40070
Architect/DesignerFava, Alberto (fl.1925-1931)
Stacchini, Ulisse (1871-1947)
Artist/PhotographerORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo
CountryItaly
CityMilan
Subject Date1931
Image Date2004
ViewInterior
MediumDigital image
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditORCH Chemollo / RIBA Collections
SubjectAtria ; Stone ; Steel ; Canopies ; Railway stations
NOTES: The competition for the construction of this new terminus to replace the old central station (1864) was won in 1912 by architect Ulisse Stacchini. Construction proceeded very slowly after World War I and the project kept changing and becoming more complex. Mussolini, on becoming Prime Minister, wanted the station to represent the power of the Fascist regime, hence its monumental proportions and the great steel canopies over the platforms engineered by Alberto Fava. The station was inaugurated in 1931.
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