Globe Celeste
The Globe Céleste was in addition to the Eiffel Tower one of the great attractions of the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris . It represents a celestial globe .
It was intended for "armchair lasronauts": visitors sat in a loose armchair while panoramas of the solar system were drawn by.
On April 29, 1900, on the way to the Globe Céleste, a reinforced concrete flyover over Avenue de Suffren collapsed, leaving 9 dead and many seriously injured. This led to the establishment of a French reinforced concrete commission to make recommendations. At first the designer Napoléon de Tédesco was blamed, but at the later court hearing the city of Paris was convicted because a building pit was too close to the passage.
Postcard from Suchard
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Googlebooks: Maxwell, Anne - Colonial Photography and Exhibitions ISBN 0-7185-0229-9 p. 25 below (English)
Web links
Commons : Globe céleste - collection of images, videos and audio files
