Portugal
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23 imagesOriente Station Gare do Oriente is one of the main transport hubs in Lisbon, Portugal. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava it was finished in 1998 for the Expo '98 world's fair in Parque das Nações, where it is located. It encompasses a Lisbon Metro station, a high-speed, commuter and regional train hub, a local, national and international bus station, a shopping centre and a police office. Oriente Station is one of the world's largest stations, with 75 million passengers per year which makes it as busy as Grand Central Terminal in New York.
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11 imagesCasa das Histórias Paula Rego / Paula Rego - House of Stories designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. opened in 2009.
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8 imagesPavilion of Portugal in Expo 1998 designed by Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza with the contribution of Eduardo Souto de Moura
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6 imagesThe Santa Justa Lift is a gloriously eccentric structure in the centre of Lisbon designed by Raul Mesnier de Ponsard, an engineer born in Porto to French parents. Raul Ponsard was an apprentice of Gustave Eiffel and returned to Lisbon with grand design ideas. He petitioned the royal house who provided all of the funding. Construction began in 1900 and was finished in 1902, originally powered by steam. The iron lift is 45 metres tall and is decorated in neogothic style, with a different pattern on each storey.