Portuguese World Exhibition

Portuguese World Exhibition
Flag of the Portuguese World Exhibition
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NamePortuguese World Exhibition
Building(s)Museu de Arte Popular
Visitors3 million
Organized byAugusto de Castro, Júlio Dantas, Cottinelli Telmo [pt], António Ferro
Participant(s)
Countries2
Location
CountryPortugal
CityLisbon
VenuePraça do Império, Belém
Coordinates38°41′47″N 9°12′27″W / 38.69639°N 9.20750°W / 38.69639; -9.20750
Timeline
Opening23 June 1940
Closure2 December 1940

The Portuguese World Exhibition (Portuguese: Exposição do Mundo Português) was held in Lisbon in 1940 to mark 800 years since the foundation of the country and 300 years since the restoration of independence from Spain.[1][2]

The fair ran from 23 June to 2 December 1940,[1] held on the Praça do Império,[3] and was attended by 3 million people.[1]

Organizers

Augusto de Castro was the commissioner general, Júlio Dantas president of committee, Cottinelli Telmo [pt] the master architect,[4] António Ferro (director),[3] and lead engineer Duarte Pacheco.[5]

The exhibition was opened by President Carmona, with Oliveira Salazar also in attendance.[1]

Contents

The fair was divided into three main sections of display: history, ethnography, and the colonial world.[6]

Monument to Discoveries

A Monument of the Discoveries of Portugal Padrão dos Descobrimentos was designed by Leopoldo de Almeida and Cottinelli Telmo. It was dismantled in 1958 and rebuilt in 1960 to honor the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator.[7]

Nautical sports

A modernist restaurant and beer hall was designed by António Lino with guidance from Cottinelli Telmo. In 2014, it was remodelled to become a nightclub and bar.[8]

The pavilion of popular life was designed by Veloso Reis and João Simões and after the exhibition was refurbished and opened as Lisbon's Museum of Popular Art in 1948.[9]

Brazil

The Brazil pavilion, named Independent Brazilian Pavilion,[10] was designed by Raul Lino,[4] with interiors by Roberto Lacombe.[10] Its contents included a large photographic mural and a reading room with 5000 works.[10] It had an art section including paintings by Lucílio de Albuquerque, Arthur Timótheo da Costa, Oscar Pereira da Silva and Candido Portinari.[10]

Nau Portugal

Nau Portugal was a galleon replica, built by the Mónicas's Family Shipyard, it was exhibited near the Maritime Discoveries Pavilion. It suffered irreparable damage in the cyclone of 1941. After that, it was dismantled and transformed into a barge.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Portuguese World Exhibition of 1940". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Efemérides | A Restauração (1640)" (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ a b Corkill, David; Almeida, José Carlos, Commemoration and Propaganda in Salazar's Portugal: The Portuguese World Exhibition of 1940
  4. ^ a b "Opiniões de Algibeira: Reminiscências do Passado (3): a exposição do Mundo Português (1940)" (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ "Expo VN Inauguration — Visualizing Portugal: the New State (1933-1974)". Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Expo VN Map — Visualizing Portugal: the New State (1933-1974)". Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Monument to the Discoveries". Monument to the Discoveries. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  8. ^ "Espaço Espelho D'Água on Architizer". Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  9. ^ "DGPC | Museus e Monumentos | Rede Portuguesa de Museus | Museu de Arte Popular" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d Williams, Daryle. Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930–1945.