{"id":337,"date":"2019-08-05T12:17:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T12:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=337"},"modified":"2019-08-03T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T23:29:08","slug":"world-most-amazing-subway-lines-stations-history-nature-art-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-most-amazing-subway-lines-stations-history-nature-art-design\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the journey&#8230;and the destination. Breathtaking subway lines and stations around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/radhuset-station-bedrocks-stockholm-blue-line.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>exposed, unaltered bedrock of R\u00e5dhuset Station on Stockholm\u2019s blue line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/naples-subway-station-toledo.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>award-winning design of Naples subway station Toledo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/lists\/transportation\/worlds-best-subway-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See why the world\u2019s best subway lines are destinations unto themselves<\/a><br>\nThese subterranean train rides are packed with striking architecture, historic sites, and surprising views.<br><br>\n\nBlue Line, Stockholm<br>\nLarger-than-life sculptures, rock formations, mosaics, paintings, art installations and engravings adorn 90 of the 100 stations of Stockholm\u2019s Tunnelbana (T-bana) subway system, leading to its nickname: \u201cthe world\u2019s longest art gallery.\u201d The Blue Line has some of the finest work; among the more dramatic stops are T-Centralen, Ra\u030adhuset, and Kungstra\u0308dga\u030arden stations.<br><br>\n\nLine 1, Naples<br>\nNicknamed \u201cIl Metro\u0300 dell\u2019Arte\u201d for its permanent and temporary displays, this underground line in the Italian coastal city feature vibrant art and stunning architecture in 11 of its stations. The mesmerizing star-spangled ceiling of Toledo Station is the most renowned, but the flamboyant pop art of Universita\u0300 and the classical sculptures of Museo are just as brilliant.<br><br>\n\nLine 3, Athens<br>\nBuilt for the 2000 Summer Olympics, the \u201cblue\u201d line of the Athens Attiko Metro features several stations with permanent archaeological exhibits, stocked with some of the 50,000 artifacts found during the metro\u2019s construction. Among the treasures are an ancient cemetery and baths at Syntagma, everyday objects from ancient Greece at Aigaleo, and the remains of a 5th-century B.C. bridge at Elaionas.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nPhoto courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/lists\/transportation\/worlds-best-subway-rides\/\">Alexander Spatari, Getty Images<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.italiangoodnews.com\/naples-subway-station-toledo-awarded-as-the-most-innovative-underground\/\">italiangoodnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) See why the world\u2019s best subway lines are destinations unto themselves These subterranean train rides are packed with striking architecture, historic sites, and surprising views. Blue Line, Stockholm Larger-than-life sculptures, rock formations, mosaics, paintings, art installations and engravings adorn 90 of the 100 stations of Stockholm\u2019s Tunnelbana (T-bana) subway<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-most-amazing-subway-lines-stations-history-nature-art-design\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,12],"tags":[48,45,49,26,25,83,51,28,30],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-art","post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-art-and-poem","category-figures-and-facts","category-us-and-world","tag-architecture","tag-art","tag-design","tag-facts","tag-history","tag-images","tag-photos","tag-places","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}