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Hélène Cook 📷
'Under the sea' - Toledo metro station, Naples (Italy).
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The Toledo station, designed by Spanish architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca, is considered the crowning jewel of the "Art Stations" of the Naples Metro. It was opened on September 17, 2012 on line 1 of the Naples metro, as part of a large-scale project to enrich the urban environment with contemporary art.
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Vertical look-up view of a set of three very long escalators beneath a gorgeous ceiling mosaic painted in a psychedelic swirl of violet-blue. The Walls are also covered with thousands of blue mosaic tiles and give the feeling of being immersed in the sea. The escalators are surrounded by a huge cone of light that extends from the top to bottom of the station and bathes the space in a surreal blue light at this very moment (the color of this light cone is overwise changing constantly from purple to blue and green every fews seconds). The floor is also blue. The escalators where free of people when the photographer took the shot. The escalator on the right was unfortunately out of order on that day and access to it was prevented with a mobile yellow plastic fence.
This second photo also features the same escalators as in the first picture and includes more background elements around it as it was taken from further behind and in an horizontal way, Some stairs going down to a platform with a round window in the wall above them and darker blue mosaics is visible on the left. On the right of the image, there is an elevator. This time a few colourful silhouettes of people are visible in the escalators.
This third photo was taken from even further behind and includes an impressive pillar also covered in mosaic and looking similar to a water fountain on the left of the image in the foreground. There is also a metal pole with entry and exits signs in italian. This time too, a few people are visible in the escalators area.
View on one platform of the The Toledo metro station featuring a yellow metro train covered in graffiti entering a deep blue station. The walls on the right form the shape of a curve reminding of a wave on the top and are covered in tiny dark blue mosaic. Below this "wave" two young ladies are waiting for the train to stop seating on a very long dark blue plastic bench.
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