Exposition Universelle (1889)

1889 Paris
Poster
Overview
BIE-classUniversal exposition
CategoryHistorical
NameExposition universelle de 1889
Building(s)Eiffel Tower
Area96 hectares (240 acres)
Invention(s)Phonograph
Visitors32,250,297
Organized byCharles Adolphe Alphand
Participant(s)
Countries35
Business61,722
Location
CountryFrance
CityParis
VenueChamp de Mars, Trocadéro
Coordinates48°51′30″N 2°17′39″E / 48.85833°N 2.29417°E / 48.85833; 2.29417
Timeline
Opening6 May 1889; 135 years ago (1889-05-06)
Closure31 October 1889 (1889-10-31)
Universal expositions
PreviousExposición Universal de Barcelona in Barcelona
NextWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.[a] It attracted more than thirty-two million visitors. The most famous structure created for the exposition, and still remaining, is the Eiffel Tower.
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