Milano Centrale is Milan's principal railway station, designed by the architect Ulisse Stacchini and inaugurated in 1931 to replace an earlier nineteenth-century station of the same name. Its monumental facade and interior combine Liberty-style, or Italian Art Nouveau, detailing with the heavier Novecento classicism favored during the Fascist era, including large sculptural reliefs and a vast iron and glass train shed roof spanning the platforms. Among the largest railway stations in Europe by both floor area and passenger volume, it has remained in continuous use as a major hub for national and international rail services since its opening.
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Milano Centrale (Italian: Stazione di Milano Centrale) is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Northern Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow (after Roma Termini) and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.
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is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Northern Italy,
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is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Northern Italy,
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It was officially inaugurated in 1931 to replace the old central station (built 1864)
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Milano Centrale (Italian: Stazione di Milano Centrale) is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Northern Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow (after Roma Termini) and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.
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The major changes were the new platform types and the introduction of the great steel canopies by Alberto Fava; 341 m (1,119 ft) long and covering an area of 66,500 square metres (716,000 sq ft).
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"The 'incongruous envelope of stone' (Attilio Pracchi) of this gigantic and monumental building dominates Piazza Duca d'Aosta."
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