Culto en tránsito. La capilla de la estación Termini en Roma
- Antonio S. Río Vázquez 1
- Mattia Carnassale
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Universidade da Coruña
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ISSN: 2659-8671, 2340-5503
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 3
Pages: 158-165
Type: Article
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Abstract
Throughout the twentieth century, the railway stations located in major European cities become important nodes of exchange of travelers, with a programmatic complexity, that brings together various complementary and different uses along with platforms, making the station a public place where transit can become a pleasant and satisfying experience. Among these complementary uses, the chapels of the stations are a unique kind of places for worship, because of the characteristics and conditions they have. They are small churches that seek to offer privacy and temporary seclusion against the constant bustle of the a railway installation.
Bibliographic References
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- (2) Gianfranco Angeleri y Umberto Mariotti Bianchi, Termini. Dalle botteghe di farfa al dinosauro (Roma: Banca Nazionale delle Comunicazioni, 1983), 63.
- (3) Cf. Marcello Piacentini, «La nuova Stazione di Roma Imperiale», Architettura XVIII (1939): 77.
- (4) Griselda Pasini y Giovanna Pezzoli, Roma Termini (Roma: Editrice Compositori, 2000), 68.
- (5) Véase, por ejemplo, la capilla de la Estación Central de Milán, dónde el carácter sagrado del espacio aparece otorgado básicamente por los elementos de mobiliario y la decoración.
- (6) Cf. San Isidoro de Sevilla, Etimologías 12, 7, 26 (Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1982), 943.