Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)

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EXPO Ghent 1913
Expo 1913, Ghent, Belgium, Armand Heins.jpg
Panorama of the exposition of 1913 by Armand Heins
Overview
BIE-class Universal exposition
Category Historical Expo
Name Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Gand 1913
Building Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station
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Participant(s)
Countries 31
Location
Country Belgium
City Ghent
Venue Citadelpark
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Timeline
Opening April 6, 1913 (1913-04-06)
Closure October 31, 1913 (1913-10-31)
Universal expositions
Previous Esposizione internationale d'industria e de labora in Turin
Next Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco
Internet
Website www.expo1913.be

The Exposition universelle et internationale of 1913 was a World's Fair held in Ghent from 6 April to 31 October.

History

In the last of such type of human zoo stagings, part of a group of 53 Igorot tribesmen from Bontoc, Mountain Province, 28-year-old Filipino Timicheg was "displayed" and died here of tuberculosis[1] or flu.[2] A tunnel in the Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station renovation project is named after him.

A number of buildings were completed for the occasion. Notably, Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station was completed in 1912 in time for the exposition,[3] and was situated opposite the new hotel, Flandria Palace.[4] The park, Citadelpark, was also redesigned for the fair. The exposition was held on an area of 130 hectares (320 acres), which was larger than Expo 58 in Brussels.[5] Various Belgian cities had a pavilion and an artificial town, called "Oud Vlaenderen" (Old Flanders) was created.[6]

The four sons of Aymon statue, depicting Reinout, Adelaert, Ritsaert and Writsaert on their horse, Beyaert, was erected on the central approach avenue to the exposition.[7]

In preparation for the exhibition, renovations were made in the centre of Ghent, including a large number of houses on the Graslei.[8][9] Some years beforen the neo gothic St Michael's Bridge had been built to provide visitors to the expo with a vantage point to view the town,[10] the post office[11] and the Korenmarkt (Wheat Market) had been built, and the carved heads now arrayed around it represented the rulers who attended the exhibition (including Florence Nightingale).[10] The construction of the exhibition was controversial and ended on the eve of World War I with serious debts.[12]

Belgium's first aerial postage service was operated from 1 May to 25 August by Henri Crombez during the exposition.[13]

The Ghent fair was attended, among many others, by the much traveled Greek confectionnaire Leonidas Kestekides, and it was then that he decided to settle permanently in Belgium and found the internationally famous Leonidas company.

See also

References

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  8. ↑ The World of 1913 on gent.be
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  11. ↑ THE/1/464.cmVjPTQ0MTM4.html The Post Office at gent.be
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