Event
Opening of the Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège
27 Apr 1905 · 50.64° N, 5.57° E
What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1905
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 50.64° N, 5.57° E
- Description
- Opening of the Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Liège International Exposition (1905).
Liège International Exposition (1905)
World's fair held in Liège, Belgium
The Liège International Exposition of 1905 was a world's fair held in Liège, Belgium, from 27 April to 6 November 1905 just eight years after a previous exposition held in Brussels. Intended to show Liège's industrial importance, the fair also marked 75 years of Belgian independence and 40 years of King Leopold II's reign.
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