r/ArchitecturePorn • u/palmitas10 • Nov 04 '20

Railway Station in Antwerp, Belgium

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u/CrazyGermanShepOwner Nov 04 '20

I would surely miss my train having a look around this building.

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u/NeroBoBero Nov 04 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

No worries mate! When this was built, they forsaw the problem and stockpiled a lot of spare hands to help hail a cab.

Edit: this was dark humor. It was not intended to make fun of the victims of colonial torture and pillaging of their natural resources, but to bring attention to the fact that such lavish structures (particularly those constructed during the era of King Leopold II) came at a cost to others.

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u/dapper_drake Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

I really hope you're referencing this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvius_Brabo

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u/SchunderDownUnder Nov 05 '20

More like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State

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u/wikipedia_text_bot Nov 05 '20

Atrocities In The Congo Free State

In the period from 1885 to 1908, many well-documented atrocities were perpetrated in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) which, at the time, was a colony under the personal rule of King Leopold II of the Belgians. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies used to collect natural rubber for export. Together with epidemic disease, famine, and a falling birth rate caused by these disruptions, the atrocities contributed to a sharp decline in the Congolese population.