Milan Central Station is one of the main European train stations. It was
designed in 1912 by architect Ulisse Stacchini and the building was
officially opened on July 1, 1931 in the presence of Foreign Minister
Galeazzo Ciano. Its face is 200 metres wide and its vault 72 metres high, a
record when it was built. It has 24 platforms. Each day about 320,000
passengers transit by the station, totalling about 120 million per year. |
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