Maputo station, capital of Mozambique’s rail network, ranks among the ten most beautiful in the world. Built between 1908 and 1916 and officially inaugurated in 1910, the Beaux-Arts building replaced a modest wood-and-zinc depot from 1895. Legend credits Gustave Eiffel with the design, though it was actually the work of Portuguese architects Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima, Mário Veiga, and José Ferreira da Costa.
Wrought-iron balconies, marble columns, and a soaring sea-green copper dome spanning 51 meters give it the air of a royal palace rather than a train station. It’s even made a cameo on the big screen, appearing in the 2006 film “Blood Diamond.” A small on-site museum displays vintage steam locomotives and railway artifacts, and trains still depart daily for destinations across Mozambique and into neighboring Eswatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
P.S. Built like a palace, works like a station.
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Wrought-iron balconies, marble columns, and a soaring sea-green copper dome spanning 51 meters give it the air of a royal palace rather than a train station. It’s even made a cameo on the big screen, appearing in the 2006 film “Blood Diamond.” A small on-site museum displays vintage steam locomotives and railway artifacts, and trains still depart daily for destinations across Mozambique and into neighboring Eswatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
P.S. Built like a palace, works like a station.
🚂 🏛️ 🌊
#PS_NPS
#NationalProjectConstruction
#PS_NPS_Explained