Liège International (1905)
| EXPO Liège 1905 | |
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Official Poster of the Fair
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Universal exposition |
| Category | Historical Expo |
| Name | Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège |
| Building | Palais de Beaux Arts |
| Area | 21.08 hectares (52.1 acres) |
| Visitors | 7,000,000 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 29 |
| Location | |
| Country | Belgium |
| City | Liège |
| Venue | Parc de la Boverie |
| Coordinates | 50°37′43.98″N 5°34′32.56″E / 50.6288833°N 5.5757111°E |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | April 25, 1905 |
| Closure | November 6, 1905 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis |
| Next | Milan International (1906) in Milan |
Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège was a world's fair held in Liège in 1905 from April 27 to November 6 just 8 years after a Belgian exposition held in Brussels. Intended to show Liege's industrial importance it also marked 75 years of Belgian independence and 40 years of Leopold II's reign.
29 countries were official participants, from Europe: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland; from Africa: Egypt and Congo Free State; from America: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba and United States; and from Asia China, Japan, Persia and Turkey with Germany and Spain being unofficial participants
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