International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene

International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene
Area	Piazza della Vittoria [it]
Visitors	1035000
Location
Country	Italy
City	Genoa
Timeline
Opening	23 May 1914
Closure	15 December 1914
Universal
Previous	Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) in Ghent
Next	Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco

The International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene was a world's fair held in Genoa in 1914.[1]

Summary

The fair was held between May 23, 1914[2] and 15 December 1914[1] with the aim of showing life in Italian colonies.[1]

The fair was opened by Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena.[1]

Contents

The overall design of the fair was by Gino Coppedè.[3] There were 1200 exhibitors from all continents.[3]

There were displays from the colonies of Eritrea, Somalia, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania[4] and one about the economics of the territories in Africa.[4]

In addition to individual colonies there was a stadium,[5] a copy of the Galata Tower (which had been built when Galata was a Republic of Genoa colony) and a mosque.

Attractions included a large diorama created by Francesco Bosso of the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914.[6]

Transportation

The monorail next to the exhibition

A monorail and a cable car were both built for the exhibition,[3] with the monorail, known as Telfer [it], continuing to run until 1918.

See also

• Italian Empire

References

1. "Genova 101 anni fa, un altro mondo… | LETTERE DAL MONDO" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
2. "Esposizione Igiene, Marina e Colonie, 1914" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
3. "L'Esposizione Internazionale di Genova del 1914: la mostra - Mentelocale.it" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
4. "Esposizioni coloniali. su Wrnzla" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
5. "La Mostra sull'Expo' 1914 - Centro Congressi Genova" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
6. "Francesco Bosso". antichitafiorio.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

External links

• Images from the fair including the Galata Tower facsimile and the mosque Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine