Bela Vista (Lisbon Metro)

Bela Vista is a metro station Linha Vermelha the Lisbon Metro, the underground network of the Portuguese capital. The station is located under the streets Avenida Dr. Teixeira da Mota and Avenida do Santo Condestável in the Lisbon municipality Marvila. The neighboring stations are Olaias and chelas; the station went on 19 May 1998.

History

Metro Station Bela Vista is part of the 1998 newly built Linha Vermelha built between Alameda and Oriente, which took place in today's Parque das Naçoes for the Universal Exhibition of 1998. The station went on 19 May 1998.

For the station itself Conception Paulo Brito Silva recorded as responsible, the draft of which is heavily oriented to the usual Lisbon Metro station. The station has two 105 -meter-long side platforms, in the middle of the hall there is an inserted as cross bar mezzanine, from where each carry outputs to the north and east. The station also received three lifts. The design of the station took over Querubim Lapa, Portuguese painter and ceramist. Lapa designed different tile pattern on the platform walls and two large tile painting for the mezzanine. They show mainly geometric shapes in the context of abstract art. However, it Lapa breaks with the usual Azulejotradition, but he used 20 x 20 inches large tiles that are smaller than the usual.

Metro Station is known primarily for its proximity to the Parque da Bela Vista ( also called Quinta da Bela Vista ), take place in the regular large open- air concerts ( for example Rock in Rio). On that occasion, there are regular special night rides for the concert guests.

Course

At the subway station connecting flights to the bus lines of the Carris.