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The Barcelona 1929-1930 World Exposition
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Year: | 1929 | | City: | Barcelona | | Country: | Spain | | Duration: | 20 May 1929 - 15 January 1930
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Copyright: Solá-Morales 1993, S. 25 |
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Facts and Figures
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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