BIE-class Universal exposition Countries 30 Dates 29 Apr 1911 – 19 Nov 1911 Venue Parco del Valentino | Category Historical Expo Country Italy Location Turin, Italy Closure 19 November 1911 | |
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Name Esposizione internazionale dell'Industria e del Lavoro Area 100.16 hectares (247.5 acres) Previous Brussels International 1910 Nexts Ghent, Exposition universelle et internationale Other Instances Expo 2020, Expo 2017, Expo 2016, Expo 2015, Expo 2010 | ||
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The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911 titled Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro. It received 4,012,776 visits and covered 247 acres.
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Summary
The fair opened on April 29, 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.
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).
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; the Brazilian pavilion incorporated paintings by Arthur Timótheo da Costa; the Siamese pavilion was designed by Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti and had a multi-colored roof with a gold dome and the Ottoman pavilion was designed by Léon Gurekian.