Antwerp Central Station, designed by the Belgian architect Louis Delacenserie, was built between 1895 and 1905 on Koningin Astridplein in Antwerp, Belgium, replacing an earlier station of 1836 on the same site. Its eclectic stone facade and vast iron and glass train hall, spanning 185 metres and covering some 12,000 square metres beneath a great dome, earned it the Flemish nickname spoorwegkathedraal, or railway cathedral. The station suffered damage from a German V-2 rocket strike during the Second World War, visible today as a wave like distortion in part of its roof structure, and its glass panels were later replaced with polycarbonate sheeting during a 1986 restoration. Since 2007 it has functioned as a through station rather than a terminus, after a tunnel was built beneath the city to let high speed trains pass without reversing direction, and it has been repeatedly ranked among the world's most beautiful railway stations, including first place in a 2014 Mashable ranking and fourth in a 2009 Newsweek list.
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Building Type Completed Year Height (m)The train hall height is given as 44 metres by one citation and 43 metres by another on the same page; 44 metres is used here. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Wikipedia: Antwerp Central Station
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Source Wikipedia: Antwerp Central Station
Source Wikipedia: Antwerp Central Station
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, located there.
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1. Wikipedia: Antwerp Central Station
Wikipedialead paragraph, first sentence
is the main railway station in Antwerp, Belgium.
History section, current building paragraph
The current terminal station building was constructed between 1895 and 1905 as a replacement for the first station.
Architecture section, train hall paragraph
185 metres long and 44 metres or 43 metres high
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Antwerpen-Centraal railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Centraal; French: Gare d'Anvers-Central) is the main railway station in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the four Belgian stations on the high-speed rail network. From 1873 to early 2007, it was a terminal station. The current building, designed by the architect Louis Delacenserie, was constructed between 1895 and 1905. On 23 March 2007, a tunnel with two continuous tracks was opened under part of the city and under the station. The train services are operated by the National Railway
In Style: Art Nouveau, Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Belgium
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
The stone-clad building was designed by the architect Louis Delacenserie.
Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia article
The stone-clad building was designed by the architect Louis Delacenserie.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Antwerp Central Station
- Wikidata Q800398, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q800398, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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