Dome of Antwerp Train Station is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on June 20th, 2015.
Dome of Antwerp Train Station
The interior of the dome of the Antwerp Train Station. The rich interior is lavishly decorated with more than twenty different kinds of marble and... more
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Dome of Antwerp Train Station
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Phyllis Taylor
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The interior of the dome of the Antwerp Train Station. The rich interior is lavishly decorated with more than twenty different kinds of marble and stone. The main hall and the railway cafeteria can match the interiors of many palaces. Not a single square meter either inside or outside the building is not decorated.
The original station building was constructed between 1895 and 1905 as a replacement for the original terminus of the Brussels-Mechelen-Antwerp Railway. The stone clad terminus buildings, with a vast dome above the waiting room hall were designed by Louis Delacenserie and the vast (185 metres long and 44 metres high) iron and glass trainshed by Clement van Bogaert. The viaduct into the station is also a notable structure designed by local architect Jan Van Asperen.
The station is now widely regarded as the finest example of railway architecture in Belgium, although the extraordinary eclecticism of the influences on Delacenserie's design had led to a difficulty in assigning it to a particular architectural style.
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June 20th, 2015
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