The mythical figure holding a pot with fire is Prometheus bringing fire to humanity, that has been often used in modern times as a metaphor for technology.

Indiscutibilmente una delle più belle stazioni ferroviarie al mondo. Davvero incredibile. Da non crederci.

The station was built in an enormous amount of time.
The constructions had officially started in 1906, a year after the creation of the FS ( Ferrovie dello Stato), but the Great War had stopped the constructions entrirely.
Only in 1924 the construction restarted, the original plans were modified by that time, and yes, the Regime did in fact have an impact on the architecture.
YOu can see Roman eagles, and there are still the Fascio Littorio on the exterior sides of the station, and even a mosaic of Mussolini next to a monument dedicated to the fallen in the Ethiopian Campaign.
Honestly one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.
Also a scary fact, in the post-ww2 period there were plans to demolish entirely the station to be replaced with something more modern, but luckly these projects were straight out banned.

Milano Centrale is a great train station, I was there too three weeks ago on my visit to Italy.

Vintage 1928 Milano streetcars now traverse San Francisco  for the Market Street Railway.

you are right about the architectural style! at the time it was called "assyrian-milanese" as it also incorporated elements like giant lion statues and monumental buildings which were seen as integral to ancient middle eastern civilizations such as mesopotamia and assyria
also, fun fact! milan central station is one of very few places in italy where you can still find an artistic depiction of mussolini himself. if you enter the train departure area and you walk along the wall on the right, you'll find a bunch of mosaics, one of which has mussolini on it. however, his face has been cancelled; legend says that it was shot off by italian partisans when they finally took control of the station

The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it the most beautiful station in the world. Even luxury shops and a vast choice of restaurants surround the rail traveler.

I like the food hall too

Benvenuto a Milano 😊 ❤

I've only been in the section of the station where the tracks are. It's nice to see the part I didn't see. It's enormous!

[7:15] ma questa è la facciata laterale, dovevi uscire da quella principale e trovavi anche le scale mobili! 😄

Ciao sono un boomer milanese che ci abita vicino grazie del tuo video molto esaustivo. A molti milanesi non piace io l' ho sempre trovata molto elegante anche se negli anni e diventata troppo centro commerciale. Il personaggio rappresentato con il fuoco in mano è il mitologico Prometeo che dette la conoscenza del  fuoco all uomo. Buon viaggio!

Very nice video.
If you will be there in future, try to see if you can get a view of the Royal rooms.
The whole station was constructed un on a double layer, passengers trains on top,  warehouses and goods trains on the bottom.
On the goods floor there is also the platform 21 Holocaust memorial where jews and other people persecuted during the regime were pack into cattle cars directed to the concentration camps.
The memorial it's open to the public so every one can visit.
By the way, when you do the front video with the building date, you can see the "shade" of the old date referencing year - of the fascist time.
On a more lighter tone, when I use Milano Centrale usually my train comes to the platform 24 or 23 and I usually have to catch the train at platform 1 for the airport, and I get all across, which I am not particularly upset because I really like to walk under the wooden canopies of the early and last platforms.

Milano Centrale is a truly astonishing train station…incredibly forceful architecture and a great space- very Mussolini. I arrived from Bologna via the Trenitalia FrecciaRossa hi-speed train, and was wowed when I stepped off the train!

Thanks for showing Milan's amazing Central train station. Yes, northern Italy is usually more expensive than the rest of the country, and on top of that:

1) Milan is Italy's most expensive city when it comes to housing and food
2) Food prices in train stations and airports are higher than the average
3) You also pay for the sight over the tracks and trains

"Regarding the eagles you mention"
Territorial conquests: Numerous eagle friezes decorate the structure to commemorate and celebrate the lands united with Italy after the First World War, particularly the cities of Trento and Trieste.

Power and the Regime: The eagle was a strong reference to imperial Rome and the political power of the Fascist period, the era in which the station was completed and inaugurated (in 1931).

Royal symbols: Inside the Royal Pavilion, eagles also appear as the ancient heraldic symbol of the House of Savoy, the ruling family at the time. Nice video thanks.
P.S. Yes Remo and Romolo.

Ottimo video Complimenti 😉👌  👍👍👏👏👏👏

I'm from Milan, and something i have fun doing every time i pass through the station is try to find where fasci were left over or once were. After WWII they removed most of them , but for some it was imppossible, and it's like a historical/architectural "where's waldo"

there are also the Royal Rooms (Italy still have King during that period), you can visited only on reservation or on  specific date

Finiahed in 1931.