BIE-class Universal exposition Building Palais de Beaux Arts Dates 27 Apr 1905 – 6 Nov 1905 Closure 6 November 1905 | Category Historical Expo Visitors 7,000,000 City Liège | |
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Name Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège Area 21.08 hectares (52.1 acres) Nexts Milan, Milan International Previous St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Exposition | ||
Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège was a world's fair held in Liège in 1905 from April 27 to November 6 just 8 years after a Belgian exposition held in Brussels. Intended to show Liege's industrial importance it also marked 75 years of Belgian independence and 40 years of Leopold II's reign.
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29 countries were official participants, from Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland; from Africa: Egypt and Congo Free State; from America: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba and United States; and from Asia China, Japan, Persia and Turkey with Germany and Spain being unofficial participants
The exposition received 7 million visitors, covered 52 acres and made 75,117 Belgian Francs.
Legacy
The Palais de Beaux Arts building was left to the city, and is now the Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine.