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Antwerp Central Station
Antwerp Central Station: Antwerp Central rail station - DPLA - fe78f04d830c208942246839d12ceec6
Antwerp Central Station: Anvers — Gare Centrale — (Station Antwerpen-Centraal)
Antwerp Central Station: 1018 Antwerpen-Centraal railway station Photo by Giles Laurent

Photo: Edmund F. Arras · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Station · Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Central Station

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1895–1905
Declared purpose
Railway station
Today
Survives, still a station
Build time
About 10 years (1895–1905)
Region
Europe
Architect of record
Louis Delacenserie, architect: about 57 when credited (1895, born 1838). Build time on record: about 10 years (1895–1905).All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A domed stone station called the 'railway cathedral', designed by Louis Delacenserie.

  1. A cathedral for trains

    Its stone hall and dome are built like a church.

  2. Tracks below

    Since 2007 trains also run through a tunnel under the station, adding levels below grade.

  3. Architect of record

    Louis Delacenserie (born 1838) was about 57 when credited with the design in 1895. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • Why build a station like a cathedral?

Possible original uses

  • Station

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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