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16. #2 - Zoloti Vorota Station – Kiev, Ukraine

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:50 PM

Nov 2013

One of Kiev’s most well-known subway stops, this station was named after the Golden Gates historical structure.

Designed by a series of architects, Boris and his son Vadim Zhezherin, as well as the artistic architects S.Adamenko and M.Ralko, are responsible for the station’s actual construction.This opulent station has granite floors, large chandeliers with candles-shape light bulbs, columns made of white marble, as well as mosaic art by artists G. Koren and V. Fedko, rounding out the top 5 most beautiful subway stops list.

http://www.bangstyle.com/2012/05/most-beautiful-subway-stations/

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Another Friday Afternoon Challenge to pique your interest! Today: “Subway Series!” [View all] CTyankee Nov 2013 OP

I have absolutely NO IDEA about any of these, but they are gorgeous! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #1

Thank you Peggy! CTyankee Nov 2013 #2

We did, in Paris and London... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #3

Me, too...altho I liked the big red buses in London the BEST! CTyankee Nov 2013 #5

The second one I'm going to guess is Moscow..... marmar Nov 2013 #4

No, not Moscow. CTyankee Nov 2013 #6

0-2 marmar Nov 2013 #7

there are hints... CTyankee Nov 2013 #8

Toughy....# 5 Dubai ? jessie04 Nov 2013 #9

they have fabulous subways but no, neither one is here... CTyankee Nov 2013 #13

5 looks like Paris, going by the French written in the background NuclearDem Nov 2013 #10

I'm betting Paris Metro stop jberryhill Nov 2013 #11

Le Palais Royale station in Paris... CTyankee Nov 2013 #12

My last shot... jessie04 Nov 2013 #14

Oh, no, not your last shot! CTyankee Nov 2013 #15

#2 - Zoloti Vorota Station – Kiev, Ukraine pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #16

Hi, Pinboy! How did you know this one... CTyankee Nov 2013 #17

That Moscow station fooled me at first pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #18

I guess it's that Russian "thing." CTyankee Nov 2013 #19

#6 is Athens (Syntagma) according to my Google-fu... (nt) petronius Nov 2013 #20

what is your Google-fu? CTyankee Nov 2013 #21

It's the ability to use search engines with ninja-like skill petronius Nov 2013 #24

A great job at searching, petronius! CTyankee Nov 2013 #29

#1 - Monte St Angelo Subway Station, Naples pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #22

what led you so directly to this station? I had looked at so many subway sites and saw other ones CTyankee Nov 2013 #31

You don't even wanna KNOW what I added to my search terms to find it pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #32

Okay, just this once I'll reveal my search secret for this one pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #46

Dammit! I tried something very similar to that - can't believe petronius Nov 2013 #54

Wild guess. #3 San Francisco? longship Nov 2013 #23

Alas, no San Francisco here... CTyankee Nov 2013 #30

#6 - Athens Metro displays of artifacts unearthed during subway construction pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #25

It's wonderful. The tips on this were pretty obvious, yes? CTyankee Nov 2013 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #33

I found mention of it on a site about the London Tube, of all things pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #35

#3 - Tile mosaic in Oriente Station, Lisbon Metro pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #26

what gave this away to you? I'm all ears... CTyankee Nov 2013 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #34

For this I simply searched on subway murals pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #36

hmm, I tried and didn't see it there... CTyankee Nov 2013 #37

I might have modified a search term I was already using pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #45

#2 is Moscow? and #5 is Paris? - #6 is Athens? - LiberalElite Nov 2013 #38

they have been guessed. You are right on Paris and Athens. CTyankee Nov 2013 #39

Somewhere in Spain? LiberalElite Nov 2013 #40

not in Spain... CTyankee Nov 2013 #43

ok - at least it's obvious that LiberalElite Nov 2013 #55

#4 is not representative of the design of other stations in this city... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #41

If you know the answer, SKP, go ahead and solve it pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #42

Surprisingly... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #48

Thankyou pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #50

This did look unusual. But very interesting, don't you think? CTyankee Nov 2013 #44

I have not been to Brussels in decades. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #47

Thanks for your kind words! CTyankee Nov 2013 #52

commoners use mass transit-don't spend money there dembotoz Nov 2013 #49

ANSWERS RECAP: pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #51

Thanks for the recap, Pinboy! I was off tutoring ESL this morning... CTyankee Nov 2013 #53