1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition

World's Fair held in Barcelona, Spain in 1888 Universal Historical Expo DiariOficialExpo-1053r.jpg Official Poster 1888 Exposició Universal de Barcelona / Exposición Universal de Barcelona Arc de Triomf 46.5 ha 2.300.000 Tomàs Moragas (artistic director) 30 Spain Barcelona Parc de la Ciutadella 41 23 17 N 2 11 15 E dms type:landmark_region:ES 1888 04 08 y 1888 12 10 y Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) Melbourne Exposition Universelle (1889) Paris The 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition (in Catalan: Exposició Universal de Barcelona and Exposición Universal de Barcelona in Spanish) was Spain's first International World's FairPelle Kimberley D John E Findling Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions McFarland & Company, Inc 978-0-7864-3416-9 94 Barcelona 1888 and ran from 8 April to 9 December 1888.Pelle Kimberley D John E Findling Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions McFarland & Company, Inc 978-0-7864-3416-9 414 Appendix B:Fair Statistics The second one in Barcelona was held in 1929. Summary thumb|Pavilions in the Parc de la Ciutadellathumb|CTE pavilion at the expo, designed by Antoni Gaudí. thumb|220px|The Arc de Triomf in Barcelona Eugenio Serrano de Casanova (journalist, writer and entrepreneur) tried to launch an exposition in 1886, and when that failed, the Mayor of Barcelona, Francesc Rius i Taulet, took over the planning of the project. The fair was hosted on the reconstructed 115 acre on site of the city's main public park, the Parc de la Ciutadella, with Vilaseca's Arc de Triomf forming the entrance. More than 2 million people from Spain, the rest of Europe, and other international points of embarkation visited the exhibition,Pelle Kimberley D John E Findling Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions McFarland & Company, Inc 978-0-7864-3416-9 95 Barcelona 1888 which made the equivalent of US$1,737,000. The fair was opened by Alfonso XIII of Spain and Maria Christina of Austria. Twenty-seven countries participated, including China, Japan and the United States. Contents The piano manufacturer Erard sponsored a series of 20 concerts featuring Isaac Albéniz, a Catalan pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms.Frances Barulich. Albéniz, Isaac http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/subscriber/article/grove/music/00421 The artistic director was Tomàs Moragas.https://www.museodelprado.es/aprende/enciclopedia/voz/moragas-y-torras-tomas/a5a1acb7-dc69-4b09-9161-468f29eaa691 19 May 2020 Moragas y Torras, Tomás - Museo Nacional del Prado Luisa Lacal de Bracho won a gold medal and Josep Maria Tamburini won a silver medal at the exhibition.https://www.enciclopedia.cat/ec-gec-0065105.xml 19 June 2020 ca Josep Maria Tamburini i Dalmau | enciclopèdia.cat Legacy and surviving monuments The main legacy of the 1888 World Fair is the Ciutadella Park: the World Fair served as the opportunity for Barcelona to rid itself of the hated citadel and transform it into a central park for the city's denizens. The entire Ciutadella Park in its present layout is a product of the World Fair, with its monumental fountain and small ponds, its Castell dels tres dracs (Castle of the Three Dragons) built by Domènech i Montaner to house the World Fair's café / restaurant, which later served to house the Zoology Museum, Hivernacle (Glasshouse or Greenhouse), the classicist Geology Museum and the Umbracle (a remarkable shaded structure for plants). Another product of the World Fair is the Modernista or Neo-Mudéjar Arc de Triomf (triumphal arch), the Fair's former gateway, presiding over Passeig de Lluís Companys. The Columbus Monument (Monument a Colom), a 60 m (197 ft) tall monument to Christopher Columbus, was built for the exposition on the site where Columbus returned to Europe after his first voyage to the Americas. It was erected at the lower end of Les Rambles and remains standing today. See also 1929 Barcelona International Exposition 1992 Summer Olympics 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures L'Esquella de la Torratxa Urban planning of Barcelona References External links Official website of the BIE THE WORLD’S FAIR 1888 Overview / brief history of the 1888 Barcelona Universal Expo on the GenCat website (in English, Catalan, Occitan, Spanish and French). 41 23 19 N 2 11 12 E type:landmark_source:kolossus-frwiki title Category:1888 in Spain Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1888 Category:Festivals established in 1888 Category:19th century in Barcelona Category:World's fairs in Barcelona Category:History of Barcelona Category:Culture in Barcelona Category:Art Nouveau exhibitions Category:Modernisme architecture in Barcelona