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Estación Mapocho is a former train station that since 1994 has been refitted as a cultural centre that hosts many kinds of events.〔(Estación Mapocho History (es) ) Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho 2014, retrieved on December 28, 2014〕 ==The train station== The design and construction of the station began in 1905 at the hands of Emilio Jecquier, a Chilean architect based in France. The 280 metre long, 17 metre high structure was composed of a base of masonry and a steel vault covered in glass (now copper). The steel structure was constructed by the Belgian company Haine Saint Pierre. The official inauguration of the station took place on May 12, 1912, and the station opened to the public in 1913. In many ways, Estación Mapocho is an relic of a significant period in Chilean history when the country was going through major economic and social changes, as well as celebrating its first centenary. The station was one of several civil works commissioned to celebrate the first centenary of Chilean independence, along with the park of Santa Lucía Hill, the Chilean High Court of Justice, and the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts.〔(Las fiestas del centenario en 1910 ) Memoria Chilena - Algunos derechos reservados - 2014 retrieved on December 27, 2014〕 The building is located at the intersection of two streets, Presidente Balmaceda and Bandera, on the south bank of the Mapocho River close to the Mercado Central de Santiago. Puente Cal y Canto metro station is beneath the "Plaza de la Cultura", or Culture Square, in front of the station. For many years, Estación Mapocho was Santiago’s main rail hub serving Valparaíso, Argentina and northern Chile, which at the time was the centre of Chile’s niter or saltpeter boom. In recognition of its imposing architecture and its sentimental and historic value, the building was declared a National Monument by law in 1976. Image:Construcción Estacion Mapocho.jpg | In its construction stage Image:EstacionMapocho-vistaaerea-2010.jpg | Aerial view of the Estación Mapocho. Image taken from the summit of the San Cristobal Hill. Image:Centro cultural Estación Mapocho 03.JPG | Details of the Interior Image:Estación Mapocho desde la micro..JPG | The frontis Image:Vista desde plaza baja hall.jpg | View of the lower hall In 1986, the station was temporarily closed for remodeling and rail traffic was diverted to Alameda Station, causing great inconvenience to commuters coming from Valparaíso and reducing passenger numbers on the line. The same year, the Queronque rail accident left 58 death and caused the Santiago-Valparaíso railroad to close. In 1987, the Empresa de Ferrocariles del Estado (Chile’s State Railroad Company or EFE) stopped the remodeling works and Estación Mapocho was decommissioned. The serious structural decay and lack of use caused the station to be abandoned.〔(La remodelación de la ex estación de ferrocarriles (es) ) http://www.sustentabit.cl/ September 2007, retrieved on December 28, 2014〕 Since demolition of a national monument is expressly forbidden by law, Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado sold the building to CORFO, Chile’s economic growth agency, in 1988. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Estación Mapocho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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