Liège International Exposition (1905)
World's fair held in Liège, Belgium
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Overview | |
BIE -class | Universal exposition |
Category | Historical Expo |
Name | Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège |
Building(s) | Palais des beaux-arts de Liège |
Area | 21.08 hectares (52.1 acres) |
Visitors | 7,000,000 |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 29 |
Location | |
Country | Belgium |
City | Liège |
Venue | Parc de la Boverie |
Coordinates | 50°37′43.98″N 5°34′32.56″E / 50.6288833°N 5.5757111°E / 50.6288833; 5.5757111 |
Timeline | |
Opening | 25 April 1905 ( 1905-04-25 ) |
Closure | 6 November 1905 ( 1905-11-06 ) |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis |
Next | Milan International (1906) in Milan |
The Liège International Exposition ( French : Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège ) was a world's fair held in Liège , Belgium, from 27 April to 6 November 1905 [1] [2] : 416 just 8 years after a Belgian exposition held in Brussels . Intended to show Liège's industrial importance it also marked 75 years of Belgian Independence [1] and 40 years of Leopold II 's reign. [2] : 178
The exposition received 7 million visitors, covered 52 acres and made 75,117 Belgian francs . [2] : 415
Participants and exhibits
Twenty-nine countries were official participants, from Europe: Austria , Bulgaria , Denmark , France , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Luxembourg , Montenegro , Norway , Netherlands , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Serbia , Sweden , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom ; from Africa: Egypt and Congo Free State ; from America: Argentina , Brazil , Canada , Cuba , and the United States ; and from Asia China , Japan , Persia and Turkey . Germany and Spain were unofficial participants [1]
There was an exhibition of medieval and Renaissance art, L'art ancien au Pays de Liège , as part of the event. [3] Ulrikke Greve ' Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseums Vævskole contributed tapestries which won a gold prize. [4]
Legacy
The Palais des Beaux Arts building was left to the city, and housed the Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine. [2] : 179 After closing in 2013, in May 2016 it reopened, with a contemporary glass extension, as La Boverie . [5]
Music
A piece by Jean-Théodore Radoux entitled Cantate pour l'inauguration de l'Exposition universelle de Liège, 1905 , with words by Jules Sauvenière, was written for the expo.
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References
- 1 2 3 "LIEGE 1905" . Retrieved 18 December 2011 .
- 1 2 3 4 John E. Findling; Kimberley D. Pelle (eds.). "Liege 1905". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions . McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9 .
- ↑ Françoise Dumont, Marlène Britta, Christine Renardy, "Les arts à l'Exposition de 1905", in Liège et l'Exposition universelle de 1905 edited by Christine Renardy (Brussels, 2005), pp. 199-200.
- ↑ "Ulrikke Greve – Norsk biografisk leksikon" (in Norwegian) . Retrieved 9 November 2020 .
- ↑ Michel Gretry (4 May 2017). "La Boverie fête son premier anniversaire sur un succès de foule" . RTBF . Retrieved 24 June 2017 .
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