| 1902–1903 Hanoi | |
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 Grand Palais d'Expositions | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale |
| Building(s) | Palais d'expositions designed by Adolphe Bussy |
| Area | 41 acres (17 hectares) |
| Organized by | Paul Doumer |
| Location | |
| Country | Tonkin (now Northern Vietnam) |
| City | Hanoi |
| Coordinates | 21°02′22″N 105°50′04″E / 21.0393206°N 105.8343995°E / 21.0393206; 105.8343995 |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | 15 November 1902 (1902-11-15) |
| Closure | 15 or 16 February 1903 |
The Hanoi Exhibition (Exposition de Hanoi) was a world's fair held in Hanoi in then French Indochina between November 16, 1902, and February 15 or 16, 1903.
Context
Hanoi had become the capital of French Indochina earlier in 1902 replacing Saigon. Earlier activities to mark the change included a festival on 26 February 1902 attended by emperor Thành Thái and the governor general Paul Doumer and the opening of the Paul Doumer (now Long Biên) Bridge. The exhibition was the idea of Paul Doumer.
Grand Palais de l'Exposition
The site of the fair was the racecourse established in the early 1890s, and its main building was the Grand Palais de l'Exposition (Vietnamese: Nhà Đấu xảo) designed by Adolphe Bussy.
The preparation for the fair, especially the construction of the exhibition palace, left Hanoi's budget in deficit for a decade.
When the Japanese took over Vietnam, they based their military and supply in the palace. Later, air raids at the end of World War II completely destroyed the building.
The modern site of the palace now stands the Friendship Cultural Palace (Vietnamese: Cung Văn hoá Hữu nghị), a concert venue in southern Hoàn Kiếm District.
Participation
The fair showed products from France and her colonies, and from other territories in Southeast Asia: , Burma, Ceylon, China, Dutch Indies, Formosa (now Taiwan), French Indo-China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Malacca, the Philippines, Siam and Singapore.
Exhibits
As well as country displays there was a machine gallery, a La Grand Roue amusement ride, and art in the French Section of Fine Arts including work by Carolus-Duran.
References
- ^ Pelle, Findling, ed. (2008). "Appendix B:Fair Statistics". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
- ^ "1902 L'exposition de Hanoi World Expo" (in French). Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Logan, William Stewart (2000). Hanoi: Biography of a City. UNSW Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-86840-443-1.
- ^ Huan Do, Hanoi Colonial Buildings
- ^ "L'Indochine Coloniale - Exposition d'Hanoi 1902" (in French). Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- "Hanoï la vie.com | Evenements | 1902 Exposition Galerie Des Machines.jpg" (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- "Hanoï la vie.com | Evenements | 1902 Exposition La Grande Roue.jpg" (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2015.
External links
- Poster for the exhibition
- Hanoi postcards from turn of the 19th 20th century including several from the exhibition
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| Dutch East Indies (1816–1949) | Colonial Exhibition of Semarang (1914) |
| French Indochina (1887–1945) | Hanoi exhibition (1902–1903) |
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