Portuguese World Exhibition
| EXPO Lisbon 1940 | |
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The exhibition grounds
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Building | Museu de Arte Popular |
| Visitors | 3 million |
| Organized by | Augusto de Castro, Júlio Dantas, Cottinelli Telmo, António Ferro |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 2 |
| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| City | Lisbon |
| Venue | Praça do Império, Belém |
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| Timeline | |
| Opening | 23 June 1940 |
| Closure | 2 December 1940 |
The Portuguese World Exhibition was held in Lisbon in 1940 to mark 800 years since the foundation of the country and 300 years since independence from Spain.[1]
The fair ran from 23 June to 2 December 1940[1], held on the Praça do Império[2] and attended by 3 million people[1]
Contents
People
Augusto de Castro was the commissioner general, Júlio Dantas president of committee, Cottinelli Telmo the master architect[3] António Ferro (director)[2] and lead engineer Duarte Pacheco.[4]
The exhibition was opened by Marechal Carmona, with Oliveira Salazar also in attendance.[1]
Contents
The fair was divided into three main sections of display history, ethnography and the colonial world.[5]
Monument to Discoveries
A monument to the discoveries of Portugal Padrão dos Descobrimentos was designed by Pardal Monteiro and Cottinelli Telmo and erected in the Praça do Império (it was dismantled in 1943).[6]
Nautical sports
A modernist restaurant and beer hall was designed by António Lino with guidance from Cottinelli Telmo. In 2014 it was remodelled to became a nightclub and bar.[7]
Popular life
The pavilion of popular life was designed by Veloso Reis and João Simões and after the exhibition was refurbished and opened as Lisbon's Museum of Popular Art in 1948.[8]
Brazil
The Brazil pavilion, named Independent Brazilian Pavilion[9] was designed by Raul Lino,[3] with interiors by Roberto Lacombe.[9] Its contents included a large photographioc mural, and a reading room with 5000 works.[9] It had an art section including paintings by Lucílio de Albuquerque, Arthur Timótheo da Costa, Oscar Pereira da Silva and Candido Portinari.[9]
See also
References
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