Category: Portugal


The charming Art Nouveau-styled old Aveiro Railway Station (Estação de Aveiro in Portoguese) was inaugurated in April 1864 and is located in the city of Aveiro in the namesake Região (region), northwest central Portugal.

The edifice features a fascinating façade adorned with tiles in blue and yellow shades that display traditional and regional themes such as the Palace Hotel do Bussaco, Rio Vouga, the old Monastery of Jesus (modern Museum of Aveiro) and local fishermen in Moliceiros (boats).

A three-floor central segment dictates the design flanked by two lower sections either side that offer symmetry to the structure.

The arresting Rossio Railway Station (Estação de Caminhos de Ferro do Rossio in Portoguese) is located on the northwest side of Rossio Square in the historic centre of Baixa Pombalina (downtown) at the heart of Lisbon, Portugal.

It was commissioned by the Portuguese Royal Railway Company, designed by architect José Luís Monteiro between 1886 and 1887, and opened in May 1891 intended to connect the city with the town of Sintra in Greater Lisbon (Região de Lisboa).

The facility features a Neo-Manueline façade with a brace of stone carved horseshoe-shaped portals in the middle and a clock up top which still bears its former name of Estação Central (Central Station) to this day.

The station used to be a main railway terminus up to 1957 but nowadays has been reduced to a minor function in the services of the city.