Turin International

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EXPO Turin 1911
De Karolis, Adolfo (1874-1928) - Esposizione Torino 1911.jpg
Turin 1911 Expo poster designed
by Adolfo de Carolis
Overview
BIE-class Universal exposition
Category Historical Expo
Name Esposizione internazionale dell'Industria e del Lavoro
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Participant(s)
Countries 30
Location
Country Italy
City Turin
Venue Parco del Valentino
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Timeline
Bidding February 11, 1907 (1907-02-11)
Opening April 29, 1911 (1911-04-29)
Closure November 19, 1911 (1911-11-19)
Universal expositions
Previous Brussels International 1910 in Brussels
Next Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) in Ghent

The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911[1] titled Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro. It received 4,012,776 visits and covered 247 acres.[2]

Summary

Parco del Valentino.
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Pavilion of the Ottoman Empire

The fair opened on April 29,[3] was held just nine years after an earlier Turin fair which had focused on the decorative arts, and at the same time as another Italian fair in Rome, also with an arts focus. This fair deliberately distinguished itself by focusing on industry and labour.[3]

The fair was held in the Parco del Valentino (as were the three previous Turin fairs in 1884, 1885 and 1902 and the subsequent 1924 Turin fair).[3]

Participants

Participating countries were Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Serbia, Siam, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United States and Uruguay.

National pavilions

The Art Nouveau Hungarian pavilion was designed by Emil Töry, Maurice Pogány and Dénes Györgyi;[4] the Brazilian pavilion incorporated paintings by Arthur Timótheo da Costa;[5] the Siamese pavilion was designed by Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti and had a multi-colored roof with a gold dome[6] and the Ottoman pavilion was designed by Léon Gurekian.

See also

  • Images from over 200 pages from the official guide to the fair [3]
  • Material about this exhibition is stored at the Science Museum in London [7]

References

  1. Findling and Pelle, Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions, 9780786434169 p426
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