Sao Bento railway station, Oporto, Portugal

One of the most emblematic railway stations in Portugal, S. Bento, was inaugurated in 1916. The cornerstone was placed by King D. Carlos in 1900.
The station was built to replace a wooden shack putting an end to public discontent that for a long time had claimed a station according to the city's status.
The site had previously been occupied by the Convent of S. Bento de Ave Maria, after which the station was named.
The walls are decorated with 20,000 tiles by painter Jorge Colaço, representing Portuguese historical and ethnographic scenes. The colourful frieze depicts the evolution of transportation up to the invention of the train.
The station is used each month by about one million passengers and is classified as bearing public interest since 1997.




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