Exposition Universelle de 1878

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Exposition_Universelle_de_1878

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors	13,000,000
gptkbp:area	66 hectares
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Formula_One medals
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	souvenirs stamps medals posters
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:French_franc
gptkbp:endDate	1878-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_1889
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Exposition Universelle de 1878
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:logo	depicted allegorical female figure with globe and laurel
gptkbp:memberState	36
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Palais_du_Trocadéro gptkb:gardens_of_Trocadéro electric lighting installations iron bridge over the Seine statue of Liberty head temporary pavilions waterfall at Trocadéro
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:first_international_congress_of_electricians inauguration of the Palais du Trocadéro first public demonstration of the telephone in France
gptkbp:notableExhibit	gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell's_telephone gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_head gptkb:Léon_Serpollet's_steam_tricycle electric arc lighting first electric street lighting in Paris
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell gptkb:Jules_Verne gptkb:Oscar_Wilde gptkb:Richard_Wagner gptkb:Sarah_Bernhardt gptkb:Thomas_Edison gptkb:Victor_Hugo
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_1878
gptkbp:opened	President Patrice de MacMahon
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:French_Third_Republic
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_1867
gptkbp:purpose	showcase French recovery after Franco-Prussian War
gptkbp:startDate	1878-05-01
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:Progress
gptkbp:venue	gptkb:Champ_de_Mars gptkb:Palais_du_Trocadéro
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_Paris gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(1878) gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_de_1889
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6