Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
Milan’s Central Station is covered with giant steel canopies, 341 metres long and covering an area of 66,500 square metres, which look amazing from above.
Milan’s tallest building, the shiny Pirelli Tower is just in front of the station. In 2002, a light aircraft crashed into the tower but it has since been restored and apparently looks better than new.
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the one in madrid, spain is pretty cool too. Its called Atocha and they have a tropical terrarium in there (i thinki its under those squares)
here is the wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atocha
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The tropical gardens are in the old part of the station, seen a the top of the picture. The modern extension contains the current platforms. It’s better than demolishing the old station roof – what a pity that many stations in the UK were modernised in the 1960s, when they didn’t care much for preserving our heritage.
The squares to the right with black dots at the centre are actually canopies to provide shade for the car park! See this picture:
http://madridteacher.com/fotos/atocha/atocha-parking-lot.jpg
from this site:
http://madridteacher.com/atocha-photos.htm