Wednesday, October 14, 2009

World Exhibition Opens In Paris


14 APRIL
The president of France E'mile Loubet today opened the World Exhibition in Paris, the biggest of its kind ever staged in Europe. The exhibition site convers 221 hectares (547 acres) along the rue des Nations and the Quai d'Orsay. Among the sights on display are electrical illuminations in the Palace of Electricity (above) and the Hall of Illusions. In a pavilion dedicated to his sculpture, a new world by Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, is attracting great attention from art critics

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