1900–1916
São Bento Railway Station
Estação de São Bento
On 13 August 1905 Jorge Colaço places the first of the station's azulejo panels.
Stories
A convent for Manuel I 1518
King Manuel I orders a Benedictine convent built here, the ancestor of the station.
Last nun dies, convent falls 1892
After its last nun dies, the decaying convent is demolished to make way for the railway.
A king lays the cornerstone 1900
King Carlos I lays the cornerstone of the station on the site of a convent.
The first tile goes up 1905
On 13 August 1905 Jorge Colaço places the first of the station's azulejo panels.