I visited the exhibition "Royal Class,vorstelijk reizen" at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht, specially to see...:-)
The Portuguese Royal Train (Royal Wagon of D. Maria Pia, Locomotive of King D. Luis I and the Prince's Wagon) :-)
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
The Royal Wagon of D. Maria Pia was given to her by her father, King Vítor Emanuel II of Italy, when she married with King Luis I of Portugal, in 1862.
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
Maria Pia of Savoy (Torino,14 March 1847 - Stupinigi,Parco Reale,5 July 1911) was also known in Portugal as "angel of charity" or "mother of the poor" for her compassion and work on social causes.
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
The locomotive D.Luiz is unique in the world and has won the golden medal in the London International Exhibition during the Industrial Revolution.
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
King Dom Luis I (Lisbon, 31 October 1838 – 19 October 1889 in Cascais) had a calm and pacifying temperament.
He was a Consitutional Monarch model, respectful of public freedom.
During his reign, some of his acomplishments deserve special mention:
the beginning of the Lisboa and Leixões maritime port construction;
the extension of the road and railroad network;
the construction of Crystal Palace, nowadays called the Rosa Mota Pavillion;
the abolishing of the death penalty for civil crimes;
the abolishing of slavery in the Portuguese Kingdom;
the publishing of the first portuguese Civil Code.
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| From Spoorweg Museum |
You can visit this exhibition until the 05th of September 2010.
More photos tomorrow ;-)