Description
- Abstract:
- Construction site of the 1867 Paris World fair, one month prior to the opening. The palais du Champ-de-Mars is the circular building standing on the right of the image, and contained a large part of the Fair. The Palais was built by Frédéric Le Play and Jean-Baptiste Krantz, and housed the countries' exhibits (France occupied about 40 percent of its total surface).
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Citation
Maurand,
"État des travaux au mois de Février 1867:
1. Palais tunisien. 2. Cercle international. 3. phare. 4. Société biblique. 5. Pavillon de la photosculpture. 6. Palais de l'exposition. 7. Panorama de l'isthme de Suez. 8. Emplacement du kiosque chinois. 9. Emplacement de l'exposition du Japon. 10. Section du Maroc.
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(1868).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86922/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
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