Exposición Internacional del Centenario

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Globos aerostáticos in the 'Railways and Transport' pavilion

The Exposición Internacional del Centenario was an exhibition that took place between May and November 1910 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . The timing of the exhibition was intended to commemorate the centenary of the May Revolution of 1810. With 1.2 million inhabitants, Buenos Aires was the largest city in South America at the time , the eighth largest city in the world and one of the richest. As the capital and main port of the young Argentine Republic, the city was at the height of its economic development and grew rapidly through immigration from Europe.

The exhibition had the following themes:

  • Agriculture and livestock - The area of ​​the Agricultural Exhibition of Buenos Aires in the Palermo district was made available for this area .
  • Industry - A pavilion on Avenida del Libertador was available for this. Machines were exhibited there that were previously unknown in Argentina.
  • Rail and Land Transport - An exhibition of the latest automobiles from Europe, yachts, planes, locomotives, etc. The exhibition site was near the Hippodrome in Palermo.
  • Hygiene - The exhibition area was located at the current location of the Argentine National Library.
The Fine Arts Pavilion
  • Fine arts - The pavilion for this was designed by the French architect Albert Ballu and stood in the Plaza General San Martín in Retiro . It was an iron construction with ceramics and stained glass. The pavilion was built as Argentina’s contribution to the Paris World's Fair in 1889 and was later shipped to Argentina.

There were also numerous pavilions for Argentine provinces, u. a. for Cordoba , Mendoza , Salta , Jujuy and Tucumán . The exhibiting countries included Germany, England, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Paraguay, Switzerland and Spain. In keeping with the zeitgeist, Art Nouveau played a major role in the design of the exhibition buildings.

A number of young Italian architects, including Virginio Colombo , Francisco Gianotti and Mario Palanti , who designed the Italian pavilion, stayed in Buenos Aires. Their buildings were some of the most important in 20th century architecture in Buenos Aires, and those that have survived are still significant to the cityscape.

literature

  • Mimi Böhm, Buenos Aires, Art Nouveau , Ediciones Xavier Verstraeten, Buenos Aires, 2005.