The city appears to be a grey, flat industrial mega metropolis, seemingly indistinguishable from any other city in desperate need of a scrub. Milan stands out discordantly from the rest of Italy in its texture, architecture, and views. As you briskly walk with your luggage towards the exit, you might even mistake it for the grand hallways of a palace! Far from being merely a functional transit point, the station is adorned with numerous sculptures in the Art Deco style.
And so, Milano Centrale, with its annual handling of 120 million passengers, defies the clichéd notion of a railway station façade. It was then that Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy at the time, expedited the work, envisioning a grand station that would represent the power of the regime. However, due to the economic slump caused by World War I, the construction progress slowed down.
King Victor Emmanuel III laid the cornerstone of this station in 1906, apparently without a blueprint. It seemed as if the station itself was extending a grand welcome to first-time visitors to this city of style and fashion.
Stepping off the train, my eyes were immediately drawn to the colossal and imposing roof of Milano Centrale station. Traveling from Venice to Milan by train was an absolute delight.
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