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Maputo Central Railway Station, Maputo, Mozambique, Africa (1908)

Artist/Designer: Buccellato e Irmão

Project Location: Maputo, Mozambique

Figure 1: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: lucianf )
Figure 2: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Steffen R )
Figure 3: Arch with view of platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Megan H )
Figure 4: View of platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Marion S )
Figure 5: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Marion S )
Figure 6: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Marion S )
Figure 7: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Marion S )
Figure 8 ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Talant2007 )
Figure 9: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Mau-travel )
Figure 10: Interior ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Scripbouget )
Figure 11: Arch with view of platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Brent W )
Figure 12: Museum ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Völkel )
Figure 13: Museum ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Adib Farid )
Figure 14: Museum ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Adib Farid )
Figure 15: Museum ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Adib Farid )
Figure 16: Arch ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: dianinha m )
Figure 17: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: bluebay06 )
Figure 18: Platform ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: bluebay06 )
Figure 19: View to outside ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Megan H )
Figure 20: Bathroom ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Albert B )
Figure 21: Exterior ( Source | Accessed : August 5, 2023 | Photographer: Dumplestilskin )

Style/Period(s):
Beaux-Arts

Primary Material(s):
Concrete, Copper, Brick

Function(s):
Exhibition, Train Station

Related Website(s):

Wikipedia Article | Accessed : August 5, 2023
Blog Post | Accessed : August 5, 2023
Momaa Museum Page | Accessed : August 5, 2023

Significant Date(s):
1900-1909, 1905, 1908, 1910-1919, 1910, 1911, 1916, 2010-2019, 2015

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:


Additional Information:
The train station is a historic building in the centre of Maputo, and it dates from when the country was colonised by the Portuguese. Today it remains the primary train station, and there is a museum about rail history in Mozambique in the building.

Project Description:
Maputo Central Railway Station is built in the Beaux Arts style.

Building Address:
Avenida Martires de Inhaminga, Maputo, Mozambique

Supporting Designers/Staff:
José Ferreira da Costa - Designed the dome
Evans & Plows - Built the dome

Significant Dates:
1905 - Building designed
1908 - The building construction began
March 19, 1910 - The train station opened
1916 - The building was completed
2015 - The museum opened

Associated Projects:

Tags:
Train Station, Rail Station, Historic, Museum, Transit Museum, Maputo, Mozambique

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