Estació del Nord (North Station), Valencia
Ribes, Demetri
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Alternative Title
Estación del Norte
Date
1906-1917Description
Interior, wall inlaid with ceramic mosaic and carved wooden wainscoting; The station is still in use, currently owned and run by the company Adif. Ribes began his studies in Barcelona. The dominant architectural style in Catalonia at this time was Modernisme, a local variant of Art Nouveau, which became Ribes’s first major influence. He finished his studies in Madrid, where until 1917 he worked as an architect in the Northern Railway Company, planning such buildings as the offices of the Estación Príncipe Pío (1906) in Madrid and the Estación del Norte (1906-1917) in Valencia. The facade includes three extended pavilions, one in the center and one at each end. The grand center entrance pavilion is flanked by 5 bays. The central pavilion includes a bronze clock and is topped by an eagle surmounting a globe. The creamy facade is enhanced by brightly colored ceramic decoration, especially garlands of oranges, produce Valencia had long been famous for. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 8/2/2014)
Type of Work
railroad stationSubject
architecture, botanical, Twentieth century, Art Nouveau, Modernismo
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