Franz Josef Station - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 04.921 E 014° 26.023
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Franz Josef Station - Prague
Waymark Code: WMV3H5
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/17/2017
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Praha hlavní nádraží is the largest and most important railway station in Prague in the Czech Republic. Located in Vinohrady, it was originally opened in 1871 and named Franz Josef Station after Franz Joseph I of Austria. During the First Republic and from 1945 to 1953 the station was called Wilson Station after former President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson.
The Art Nouveau station building and station hall were built between 1901 and 1909, designed by Czech architect, Josef Fanta, on the site of the old dismantled Neo-Renaissance station designed by Czech architects Antonín Viktor Barvitius and Vojtech Ignác Ullmann. The station was extended by a new terminal building, built between 1972 and 1979, including an underground station and a main road on the roof of the terminal. The new terminal building claimed a large part of the park, and the construction of the road cut off the neo-renaissance station hall from the town. In 2011 a partial refurbishment of the station was completed by Italian company Grandi Stazioni, which has leased retail space for 30 years from 2002.
Year photo was taken: 1930
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