Milan Central Station
Saturday, 29th April 2006 by James Turnbull
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.
Thanks: Jonathan Rawle
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