Liège International - 1905
| Liège International 1905 Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège |
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 Official poster of the Liège International 1905 |
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| General | |
| Exhibition space | 21.08 ha |
| new hits | Cinematograph |
| Number of visitors | 7 million |
| BIE recognition | Yes |
| participation | |
| countries | 39 countries |
| Exhibitors | 15,000 exhibitors |
| Place of issue | |
| place | Liege |
| terrain | Parc de la Boverie Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 44 " N , 5 ° 34 ′ 32.6" E
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| calendar | |
| opening | April 27, 1905 |
| closure | November 6, 1905 |
| Chronological order | |
| predecessor | St. Louis 1904 |
| successor | Milan 1906 |
The Liège International - 1905 ( fr: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège ) was the world exhibition in Liège , from April 27 to November 6, 1905.
history
A preparatory committee was formed as early as 1897. The year 1905 was chosen to hold the world exhibition, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Belgian state . In 1903 the construction of the exhibition halls began.
39 countries took part in the world exhibition, including France , Germany , England , Japan , Turkey , Persia , China , Russia and the USA . The exhibition area in Parc de la Boverie , at the confluence of the Maas and Ourthe rivers , covered 21 hectares . Around 50 pavilions from nations and private companies were built on it and 15,000 exhibitors were represented at the exhibition.
The innovations presented included a French-made cinematograph and a show on the importance of fingerprints in criminology . The Galerie des Machines was dedicated to technical progress in Belgium . In the Palais de Beaux Arts mainly works from France and the USA were shown.
The 1905 World Exhibition in Liège recorded 7 million visitors and closed with a profit of 75,117 Belgian francs .
Reuse
The Palais de Beaux Arts building complex was given to the city. Today the Museum d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine is located there .
gallery
Reconstruction of the old town of Liege for the 1905 World's Fair
Plan to correct the Fourchu-Fossé, arm of the Ourthe
Liège station after reconstruction for the 1905 World's Fair
Les renowned du pont de Fragnée
Parc de la Boverie
Show coal mine at the 1905 World's Fair
Exhibition building
Awards
- Louis Scherf - bronze medal in the painting / plate porcelain painter category
literature
- Winfried Kretschmer: History of the world exhibitions . Campus, 1999, ISBN 3-593-36273-2 .
Individual references, literature
- ↑ a b Liege 1905 . In: John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle (Eds.): Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions . McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9 , pp. 474 .
- ↑ Heiko Haine (Ed.): Old Masters en miniature - Thuringian Porcelain Plate Painting (= writings and catalogs of the "Otto Ludwig" Museum Eisfeld. Vol. 1, ZDB -ID 2635991-1 ). Museum "Otto Ludwig", Eisfeld 2011.
Web links
- Liège, official website
- World Exhibition Liège 1905. Bureau International des Expositions (English). Retrieved March 23, 2017 .