{"id":3138,"date":"2023-06-15T14:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/?post_type=project&p=3138"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:20:23","slug":"toledo-railway-station","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/en\/project\/toledo-railway-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Railway Station"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":1368,"template":"","class_list":["post-3138","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_theme-dissemination-en","project_theme-nationalism-imperialism","project_theme-sources-en"],"acf":{"projects":{"project_info":{"color":"#3ad3b7","icon":1344,"location":"Toledo, Spain","year":"1919","architects":[324,325],"map":{"longitude":39.8635196532618,"latitude":-4.02586646293646}},"":null,"gallery":[1738,1729,1726,1750,1801,1741,1798,1756,1735,1813,1810,1804,1807,1765,1744,1795,2647,1753,2644,1732,1768,1780,1771,1783,1774,1777,1789,2452],"history":{"projects_history_media":{"content_type":"Image Gallery","video_single":{"number":"","title":"","image":null},"gallery":[2650,1822,1858,1816,1819,1828,1861,1855,1825,1837,1849,1846,1831,1843,1840,1834,1852],"video_gallery":null},"content":"Rail service reached Toledo in 1857, linking the city to the line from Madrid to the eastern coast. At that time, the first station was built on Paseo de la Rosa, on Toledo's outskirts, in a district where warehouses and inns were located.<\/code> At the time, a large plaza with gardens and space accessible to travelers and carriages was planned, near the main building. This station, designed by architect Eusebio Page Albareda, resembles those in neighboring cities like Castillejos, Torrijos, and Bargas. The two-story building was plain and conventional, devoid of decorative elements. The two-story building was plain and conventional, devoid of decorative elements.\n\nIn the early 20th<\/sup> century, increased passenger traffic spurred plans to replace the old station with a new one. Spanish king Alphonse XIII (1886-1941) became directly involved with the project. The idea was to endow the station with architecture worthy of Toledo\u2019s history as a capital city. The Madrid-Zaragoza-Alicante (MZA) Railway Company<\/code> supervised the project, commissioning architect Narciso Claver\u00eda y de Palacios, third Count of Manila. Claver\u00eda y de Palacios had previously worked in Madrid with his master, Juan Bautista L\u00e1zaro de Diego. Ground was broken in 1914 with French engineer \u00c9douard Hourdill\u00e9 supervising the construction. The works were managed by MZA engineer Ram\u00f3n Peironcely El\u00f3segui. The ribbon was finally cut on the new station in 1919<\/code>.\n\nThe main building consists of a vast single-level central section lit by large tinted-glass windows. It houses the ticket windows and concourse<\/code>. Two two-story naves contain the reception rooms<\/code> and a cafeteria on the ground floor, with housing for personnel upstairs. Claver\u00eda adopted a neo-Mud\u00e9jar style<\/code> for the naves, inspired by the Toledan convent of Santa Isabela de los Reyes, featuring multifoil horseshoe arches<\/code>, crenellated merlons crowning walls decorated with interlocking arch<\/code> frameworks and a mesh of diamonds. Local contractors Antonio Dorado and Eduardo Rivero carried out the decorative work<\/code>. A monumental tower, reminiscent of the Teruel Mudejar style<\/code>\u2013the steeples of San Pedro and San Martin, to be exact\u2013connects the platforms to the outdoor mall. This passage is reserved for distinguished visitors.\n\nThe quality of and care for the architectural decoration attest to the knowhow of the artisans, associated with the Toledo school of arts and trades. The plasterwork, inspired by that in the synagogue at Santa Maria la Blanca, was carved by \u00c1ngel Pedraza Moriz. The ironwork railings, grills, lamp pillars, lamps, and wall-mounted lamps were designed by the famed master ironworker Julio Pascual Mart\u00ednez<\/code>. The ornate mirrors in the reception hall were the work of young designer Cristino Soravilla y R\u00f3zpide. Paneling and classical-style furniture were commissioned from cabinetmaker Jaime Garc\u00eda Gamero, whose workshops were located in Santo Domingo el Real. All these craftsmen were trained at the school in Toledo, where several of them later became instructors. Nevertheless, certain components were ordered from other sources, like the ceramic tile, produced by the Hijos de Justo Vilar works in Manises (Valencia).\n\nThe use of historicist Neo-Mud\u00e9jar language in railway architecture is not surprising. It was also employed in the construction of other stations like the one in Huelva, designed by Jaime Font y Escol\u00c3\u00a1 in 1880 and the Seville-Plaza de Armas station, the work of engineer Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Santos Silva in 1901. Later, Jerez de la Frontera railway station, linked to the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition in Seville, can be cited. Claver\u00eda himself adopted the Neo-Mud\u00e9jar again for other stations in Madrid province, like Algodor (1920), now abandoned, and Aranjuez (1922). The Toledan plans had nevertheless sparked a lively debate opposing advocates of historicist language and those who, like engineer Vicente Machimbarrena Gogorza, director of the Escuela des Caminos, demanded \u201casepsis\u201d and an economy of means more in keeping with the industrial nature of the building.\n\nToledo railway station, declared a Property of Cultural Interest in 1991, was restored in 2015, when the high-speed train line was extended to Toledo.","projects_history_sidebar":[{"title":"Bibliography","link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/bibliographie\/#garedetolede","target":"_blank"},"blank":true},{"title":"Download the description in French","link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Notice_gare_tolede_impression-fr.pdf","target":"_blank"},"blank":true},{"title":"Download the description in English","link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Notice_gare_tolede_impression-en.pdf","target":"_blank"},"blank":true},{"title":"Download the description in Spanish","link":{"title":"","url":"https:\/\/imaneo-data.inha.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Notice_gare_tolede_impression-es-maj.pdf","target":"_blank"},"blank":true}]},"artist":{"projects_artist_media":{"content_type":"Single Video","video_single":{"number":"","title":"","image":null},"gallery":null,"video_gallery":null},"content":"","projects_artist_sidebar":null,"projects_artist_credits":null,"extra":{"iframe":null}},"podcast":{"podcast":null,"projects_podcast_media":{"content_type":"Single Video","video_single":{"number":844875243,"title":"Words of People. 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