Marconi | |||||||||||
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Location | Via Guglielmo Marconi, Brescia Italy | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°33′06″N10°13′29″E / 45.55167°N 10.22472°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Brescia Mobilità | ||||||||||
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Structure type | underground [1] | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 2 March 2013 | ||||||||||
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This ultra-modern station was built under the western end of Parco Marconi. The above ground structure brings a touch of the future into a twentieth-century park and skylight pyramids protrude from the lawn. [3]
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The ultra-modern Marconi the future in the park
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