PALERMO, Italy. Interno della Stazione Centrale. XI Convegno Filatelico Siciliano (1985)

PALERMO
Interno della Stazione Centrale. La grande tettoia in ferro
XI Convegno Filatelico Siciliano
1º Centenario Linea Ferrata Palermo-Catania
Stazione F.S. Notarbartolo
Palermo, 18/19.05.1985
[Interior of the Central Station. The large iron shed
XI Sicilian Philatelic Conference
1st Centenary of the Palermo-Catania Railway Line]

Commemorative postcard published by DI.FA, Palermo, Nº 4.

The Palermo Central station, equipped with 10 platforms, was designed by the architect Giuseppe Di Giovanni and inaugurated on 7 June 1886. It was characterized by a large canopy with elegant iron and glass lines, supported by sickle-shaped trusses placed to cover the beam tracks; it was designed in 1883 by the engineer Ausanio Cajo of the Società Italiana per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali. In 1941 the structure was demolished to recover scrap metal to support the World War II war effort.

Traveler's collection.