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Copyright: Solá-Morales 1993, S. 25

Official name: Exposición Internacional de Barcelona

Subject: Industry, art and sport

Duration: 20 May 1929 - 15 January 1930, 241 days, opened on 19 May by King Alphonso XIII

Place: Park de Montjuich

Area: 118 ha

Symbol: El Palacio Nacional with the exhibition of art in Spain with 3,000 exhibits, El Pueblo Español - a traditional Spanish village, German pavilion (Mies van de Rohe)

Organisation:
Patron - Alphonso XIII
Executive committee - Chairman: Marqués de Foronda
Honorary committee - Chairman: Mayor of Barcelona
Advisory committee

Royal General Commissioner: Albert Henri Marie de Bourbon e de Castellvi

Architects - Chief architect: Pedro Domenech
Josep Puig y Cadafalch, Luis Domenech y Montaner

Participants: 14 European countries and private, international exhibitors

Exhibitors: 1,714

Exhibits: 129,000

Costs: 130,000,000 Pesetas = $25,000,000

Finance: City of Barcelona and Spanish state
State subsidy: 10,000,000 Pesetas

Classification: 18 groups and 116 classes divided into three thematic sections: industry, art in Spain, sport

Prizes: 1,175 prizes, of which 655 Grand Prix

Category: International exposition, second category


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The Barcelona 1929-1930 World Exposition
 
Year: 1929City: BarcelonaCountry: Spain
Duration: 20 May 1929 - 15 January 1930

 

 

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