Estação de São Bento - Monopoly Portugal Escudos - Porto, Portugal
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N 41° 08.739 W 008° 36.644
29T E 532665 N 4554998
The São Bento Train Station (Portuguese: Estação de São Bento) is located in the city of Porto, in Portugal.
Waymark Code: WMBDA9
Location: Porto, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/09/2011
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Inaugurated in 1916, the historical station is known for its tile (azulejo) panels that depict scenes of the History of Portugal. It is located in the Almeida Garret Square, in the centre of the city. It remains in regular use as a railway station, served by trains operated by Comboios de Portugal.
The name of the station derives from a Benedictine monastery built on this spot in the 16th century. The monastery fell victim of a fire in 1783, was later rebuilt, but was in a grave state of disrepair at the end of the 19th century. In the context of an expansion of the railway system in Portuguese territory, King Carlos I laid the first stone of the station in 1900. The project was entrusted to Porto architect José Marques da Silva, who designed a building under the influence of French Beaux-Arts architecture.
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