quinta-feira, novembro 12, 2009

"Imensidão" por David Smith

11 comentários:

bettips disse...

Such a beautiful old train station ... I don't know why I remember Thomas Mann and "The Magic Mountain"!

M. disse...

Esta fotografia lembra-me um filme de guerra que em tempos vi. Caminhos percorridos na imensidão do desconhecido. Apenas o silêncio e janelas que se calam na vida.

Anónimo disse...

que imensidão de janela. Por qual delas espreitar a imensidão do céu???

Isamar

mena maya disse...

That's a huge railway station!

At the first sight it looked to me like a giant train in movement!
Where is it?

Licínia Quitério disse...

Uma imensa estação pronta a acolher imensos viajantes.

Luisa disse...

A imensidão da estação à espera do comboio que virá doutras imensas terras.

Anónimo disse...

Everybody thinks its a big rail station; for me, it's a so big house that persons need a train to go from the the write to the lefs wigs...
Please, let us know about your photo!!!
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David disse...

It's the Estación Internacional at Canfranc, at the southern end of the Somport tunnel, opened in 1924. Because of different gauges, passengers from Pau in France had to change trains in Canfranc to continue to Zaragoza, and it took hours to get through customs. Not surprisingly, and given the existing rail crossings at Irún, Cerbère and Puigcerda, the station was a huge failure, and the tunnel, disused since the 1970s, now houses particle physics research installations. Canfranc is linked to France by a road tunnel, and a bus service from Oloron Sainte-Marie connects at Canfranc to a very slow train to Zaragoza. The old station is at last being restored, I think as a luxury hotel to service winter sports, in which the regional government appears of to have invested huge amounts.

bettips disse...

Thank you David, I've seen now incredible news and photos about it in google!

Anónimo disse...

Thank you David!
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Teresa David disse...

A mim lembra-me uma cena do Dr. Jivago! Muito bonita.