Santa
Maria Novella Station, Firenza, Italy
Architect
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Gruppo Toscano - which
included Giovanni Michelucci and Italo Gamberini
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Date Built
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1932 - 1934
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Location
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Piazza della
Stazione
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Description
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Florence's
Santa Maria Novella Station is regarded as one
of the key works of modernist architecture in
Italy. It was built in the early 1930s to
replace the aging Maria Antonia Railway Station,
which was apparently designed by Isambard
Kingdom Brunel, who laid out the railway from
Florence to Pistoja. Prior to that, in
1844, the city had been served by a station
called Leopolda, designed by Robert Stephenson.
Today, the Santa Maria Novella Station is one of
the busiest in Italy with 400 trains a day and
160,000 passengers. It is also an
intersection point for buses and taxis with
connections to the airport.
In addition to numerous local railway services,
the station is a terminus for high speed lines
to Bologna and Rome.
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