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    The Exposition Universelle of 1878 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1878 Paris Exposition, was a world's...
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    City Council resolved in January 1870 to hold the Centennial Exposition in the city in 1876.[citation needed] The Philadelphia City Council and the Pennsylvania...
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    fair" is commonly used in the United States, while the French term, Exposition universelle ("universal exhibition") is used in most of Europe and Asia; other...
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    The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate...
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    The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United...
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    Trocadéro Palace (category Exposition Universelle (1900))
    dismantled in 1935 in preparation for the 1937 Exposition Universelle, to make way for a new building, the Palais de Chaillot. The location of the Trocadéro...
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  • List of world's fairs (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)) 1855 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1855) 1856 – Brussels, Belgium – International...
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    Company or Suez Canal Company, full initial name Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez), sometimes...
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    Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were public displays of people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. They were most...
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  • The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) sanctions world expositions. Some have been recognised retrospectively because they took place before the...
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