1878 Paris World Exposition

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors 16,032,725
gptkbp:category 19th-century world's fairs
Events in Paris
1878 in France
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:currency gptkb:French_franc
gptkbp:endDate 1878-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1889_Paris_Exposition_Universelle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1878 Paris World Exposition
gptkbp:introduced first electric street lighting in Paris
first international art exhibition
first use of the telephone in France
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_head
gptkb:Trocadéro_Palace
gptkb:Palais_du_Champ_de_Mars
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell's_telephone
gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_head
gptkb:Trocadéro_Palace
gptkb:Telephone
gptkb:Thomas_Edison_phonograph
Electric street lighting
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Jules_Verne
gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkb:Sarah_Bernhardt
gptkb:Victor_Hugo
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Bronze_Medal
gptkb:Silver_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal
gptkb:Formula_One
gptkbp:numberOfCountriesParticipating 36
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_1878
gptkbp:opened President Patrice de MacMahon
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1867_Paris_Exposition_Universelle
gptkbp:purpose Showcase French recovery after Franco-Prussian War
gptkbp:startDate 1878-05-01
gptkbp:theme Progress and peace
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Champ_de_Mars
gptkb:Trocadéro
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zsolnay_porcelain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6