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The 1900 Universal Exposition — The century’s greatest exposition, April–November 1900
Fifty-one million visitors came to see a century’s balance sheet: the Grand and Petit Palais, the Alexandre III bridge, the moving sidewalk, the Electricity Fairy — and the métro’s first line, opened in July. (Editorial synthesis)
The 1900 Universal Exposition took place in Paris. (source: Larousse)
The 1900 Universal Exposition ended in fifty-one million visitors and the métropolitain — a century’s balance sheet. (source: Ville de Paris)
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