The History of World Expositions |
The Seville World Exposition 1992
Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, first made his idea of organising an international Latin American exhibition in his country known to the public on 31 May 1976. The event was to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Six years later the Spanish government sent an official letter to the Bureau International des Expositions (B.I.E.) via the Spanish ambassador in Paris, stating that they would like to organise a world exposition in Seville in 1992 on the theme: "The Birth of a New World". Seville was considered the ideal place for the exposition because Columbus had left the inland port of the city to start his journey of discovery exactly 500 years before. Reference was also made to the Ibero-American exhibition of 1929 in Seville which had accompanied the main world exposition in Barcelona in the same year. |
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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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