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Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
Leopoldo Metlicovitz 's Expo's poster with railwaymen watching Milan from the Simplon Tunnel's portal
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Category	Historical Expo
Name	Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione
Building(s)	Simplon Tunnel
Area	100 Ha
Visitors	7,500,000 – 10,000,000
Participant(s)
Countries	31
Location
Country	Italy
City	Milan
Venue	Parco Sempione
Coordinates	45°28′22.4″N 9°10′28″E / 45.472889°N 9.17444°E / 45.472889; 9.17444
Timeline
Opening	28 April 1906 (1906-04-28)
Closure	11 November 1906 (1906-11-11)
Universal expositions
Previous	Liège International (1905) in Liège
Next	Brussels International 1910 in Brussels
Simultaneous
Other	International Exhibition (1906)

The Milan International was a world's fair held in Milan in 1906^[1] titled L'Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione, or sometimes The Great Expo of Work.^[2] It received 4,012,776 visits and covered 250 acres.^[3]

Summary

The fair opened on 28 April 1906, ran until 31 October^[3] and marked the opening of the Simplon Tunnel. The fair was held in Sempione Park and Piazza d'Armi,^[2] with the first location hosting fine arts displays and the latter industrial and engineering exhibits, along with the foreign pavilions.^[1] Countries contributing included many from Western Europe,^[4] China, Japan, Turkey, United States, Canada and several South American countries shared a pavilion.^[4] The venues of the exposition were connected by the temporary Milan Exposition Elevated Railway.

Legacy

The International Commission on Occupational Health was founded at the Milan International and is still active; and the Milan aquarium was built, and is still standing.

References

^ ^a ^b Pelle, Findling. "Milan 1906". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
^ ^a ^b "World Expo 1906 Milan". Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Pelle, Findling. "Appendix B:Fair Statistics". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
^ ^a ^b Pelle, Findling. "Milan 1906". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.

External links

Official website of the BIE
"MI1906 - La "città bianca" nella storia e nelle collezioni". Retrieved 31 October 2010. (Italian language)

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Africa	Freetown 1865 Cape Town 1877 Kimberley 1892–1893 Johannesburg 1936–1937
Asia	Calcutta 1883–1884 Hanoi 1902 Nanking 1910 Semarang 1914 Hangzhou 1929 Taihoku (Taipei) 1935 Nagoya 1937 Clark 1998 Shenyang 2006 Chiang Mai 2011–2012 Udon Thani 2026
Europe	London 1760 Dublin 1853 Manchester 1857 Porto 1865 Stockholm 1866 London 1871–1874 Lyon 1872 Vienna 1873 Amsterdam 1883 Liverpool 1886 London 1886 Copenhagen 1888 Glasgow 1888 Frankfurt 1891 Prague 1891 Lyon 1894 Oporto 1894 Berlin 1896 Stockholm 1897 Glasgow 1901 Cork 1902 London 1905 London 1906 Marseille 1906 Dublin 1907 London 1908 Zaragoza 1908 London 1910 Dresden 1911 London 1911 London 1912 Lyon 1914 Cologne 1914 London 1914 Kristiania 1914 Malmö 1914 London 1921 Marseille 1922 Gothenburg 1923 British Empire Exhibition 1924–1925 Antwerp 1930 Stockholm 1930 Paris 1931 Porto 1934 Glasgow 1938 Stockholm 1943
North America	New York City 1826–1897 Bryant Park, New York City 1853 Atlanta 1881 Louisville 1883–1887 New Orleans 1884 Atlanta 1887 San Francisco 1894 Atlanta 1895 Nashville 1897 Omaha 1898 Buffalo 1901 Charleston 1901–1902 Portland, Oregon 1905 Jamestown 1907 Seattle 1909 Knoxville 1913 San Diego 1915–1917 Bronx 1918 Philadelphia 1926 San Diego 1935–1936 Dallas 1936 Cleveland 1936–1937 Dallas 1937 San Francisco 1939–1940 Chicago 1940 New York City 1964–1965
Oceania	Melbourne 1866 Sydney 1870 Melbourne 1875 Brisbane 1876 Sydney 1879 Adelaide 1887 Melbourne 1888 Dunedin 1889 Christchurch 1906 Auckland 1913–1914 Dunedin 1925 Wellington 1939–1940
South America	Lima 1872 Santiago 1875 Quito 1909 Buenos Aires 1910 Rio de Janeiro 1922

^† Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
^‡ Cancelled
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v t e List of world's fairs in Italy
Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno (1829) Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno (1832) Pubblica esposizione dell'anno (1838) Quarto Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti (1844) Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionale (1846) Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti (1850) Esposizione Industriale (1854) Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1808–1861)	Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture (1853)
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)	International exhibition (1874) General Italian exhibition (1884) World exhibition (1887) Italio-Americana exhibition (1892) Esposizione Generale Italiana (1898) Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902) Milan International (1906) International Exhibition of Art (1911) Turin International (1911) International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene (1914) Monza Biennial (1923) Monza Biennial II (1925) Monza Biennial III (1927) Monza Biennial IV (1930) Milan Triennial V (1933) Milan Triennial VI (1936) Milan Triennial VII (1940) Esposizione universale (1942)
Italy (1946 - present)	Milan Triennial VIII (1947) Milan Triennial IX (1951) EA 53 Milan Triennial X (1954) The International Exhibition of Navigation (1954) The International Expo of Sport (1955) Milan Triennial XI (1957) Milan Triennial XII (1960) Expo 61 Milan Triennial XIII (1964) Milan Triennial XIV (1968) Milan Triennial XV (1973) Milan Triennial XVI (1979) Milan Triennial XVII (1988) Genoa Expo '92 Milan Triennial XVIII (1992) Milan Triennial XIX (1996) Milan Triennial XX (2001-2004) Expo 2015 Triennial 2016 Triennial 2019 XXIII Triennale di Milano
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