The History of World Expositions |
The Vienna World Exposition 1873
The Vienna “Prater“ had already been an amusement park for a long time. But in the summer of 1873, the park was completely cleared and renovated and became a world meeting place. Surrounded by variety shows and exotic restaurants, the chief architect, Carl von Hasenauer, built what was the landmark of this first world exhibition in a German-speaking country: an enormous hall for industrial products that was given the name “Rotunde”. In order to draw special attention to the engineers’ achievements, the daring steel construction was not covered on the outside. |
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EXPOSEEUM - The Museum of World Exhibitions, Hanover, Expo Plaza 11 Open every Sunday from 11 to 16 |
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