7/9/2023 0 Comments Paris opera house stairs![]() ![]() GetArchive believes there are no usage restrictions or limitations put on content in the U.S. Permission for use, re-use, or additional use of the content is not required. Get Archive LLC, creator of PICRYL, endeavors to provide information that it possesses on the copyright status of the content and to identify any other terms and conditions that may apply to the use of the content, however, Get Archive LLC offers no guarantee or assurance that all pertinent information is provided, or that the information is correct in each circumstance. PICRYL makes the world's public domain media fun to find and easy to use. PICRYL is an AI-driven search & similarity engine. ![]() PICRYL is the largest media source for public domain images, scans, and documents. The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine The exposition Universelle of 1900 was the last of its kind held in France. The Gare d'Orsay railroad station (now the Musée d'Orsay), and two of original entrances of Paris Métro stations by Hector Guimard., and the Pont d’Alexandre, the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais opened with the exposition. The 127 congresses had attracted over 80,000 participants. More than 83,000 exhibitors and attendance of 51 million visitors made it the largest of any exposition. The Trans-Siberian was a simulated Peking to Moscow railway and "Tour of the World," located at the base of the Eiffel Tower featured moving canvas of the sights and people throughout the world. Many expositions gave visitors an illusory trip to remote lands. The pavilion to symbolize the new era was the Palace of Electricity. The buildings of the 1900 exposition fall into two distinct categories, each representing an essential element of the spirit of 1900: Traditionalist 19th century-styled and Art Nouveau - the new style appropriate to the twentieth century. ![]() The sole limit was the space assigned to each. Participating nations architects were given complete freedom to construct their national pavilions in any style, and display whatever they wished therein. When Germans announced they want to hold the next world expo, French politicians, industrialists, and intellectuals realized that the country which hosted the exposition at the threshold of the new century "will define the philosophy and express the synthesis of the 19th century." The time between the expositions of 18 was an era of economic prosperity. After the Paris exposition of 1889, France gloried in her triumph. ![]()
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