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Overview | |
BIE-class | Universal exposition |
Category | Historical |
Name | Exposition universelle de 1889 |
Building(s) | Eiffel Tower |
Area | 96 hectares (240 acres) |
Invention(s) | Phonograph |
Visitors | 32,250,297 |
Organized by | Charles Adolphe Alphand |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 35 |
Business | 61,722 |
Location | |
Country | France |
City | Paris |
Venue | Champ de Mars, Trocadéro |
Coordinates | 48°51′30″N 2°17′39″E / 48.85833°N 2.29417°E |
Timeline | |
Opening | 6 May 1889 |
Closure | 31 October 1889 |
Universal expositions | |
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The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.[a] It attracted more than thirty-two million visitors. The most famous structure created for the exposition, and still remaining, is the Eiffel Tower.
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