Exposition Universelle (1889)

1889 Paris
Poster
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Category	Historical
Name	Exposition universelle de 1889
Building(s)	Eiffel Tower
Area	96 hectares (240 acres)
Invention(s)	Phonograph
Visitors	32,250,297
Organized by	Charles Adolphe Alphand
Participant(s)
Countries	35
Business	61,722
Location
Country	France
City	Paris
Venue	Champ de Mars, Trocadéro
Coordinates	48°51′30″N 2°17′39″E / 48.85833°N 2.29417°E / 48.85833; 2.29417
Timeline
Opening	6 May 1889; 135 years ago (1889-05-06)
Closure	31 October 1889 (1889-10-31)
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The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.^[a] It attracted more than thirty-two million visitors. The most famous structure created for the exposition, and still remaining, is the Eiffel Tower.
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