What a great card...just love cards of Railways Stations..Thank you so much Carol.. This was a surprise card as I didn't know that you had lived here in Sao Paulo.!!..I love this card and it shows the magnificent Main Railways Station "The Luz Station " in Sao Paulo..This "Luz Station" is the common name for The Luz station that is located in the Luz neighbourhood of Sao Paulo.The Station is a part of the Metropolitan rail system that is run by the CTPM.
The Station is most notable for housing The Museum of Portuguese language established in 2006.. The "Luz "Rail station is located within the complex. The building is a major monumental landmark ..and was designed and built in Glasgow ( Scotland ) then diss- assembled and transported to Sao Paulo where upon it was rebuilt , and the current building then finished in 1901.
There was a major fire in 1940, and in the re building process another floor was added. Then, with both the " Luz" neighbourhood and rail transport in decline, this lead to a big degradation of the Station. However , in the 1990's saw construction once again and the station was repaired.. Unfortunately on December the 21st 2015 the Station once again suffered with a major fire that started in The Potuguese Museum. The fire devistated the Stations main building with the loss of one life.
Thank you so much Carol for this lovely card. Muchas Gracias..
Posted: 06 January: Sao Paulo : Arrived Sydney 20 January 2016 :. Traveled 14 days.Thank you Carol..
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
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