page_title: Exposition Universelle (1867)
section_title: Conception
hierarchical_section_title: Exposition Universelle (1867) / Conception
caption_attribution_description: English: Official bird's-eye view of Exposition Universelle of 1867.Français&#160;: Vue officielle a vol d'oiseau de l'exposition universelle de 1867.
context_page_description: The International Exposition of 1867, was the second world's fair to be held in Paris, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. A number of nations were represented at the fair.
  Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the exposition was prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire. Visitors included Tsar Alexander II of Russia, a brother of the emperor of Japan, King William and Otto von Bismarck of Prussia, Prince Metternich and Franz Josef of Austria, Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, and the Khedive of Egypt Isma'il.
context_section_description: In 1864, Napoleon III decreed that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. A commission was appointed with Prince Jerome Napoleon as president, under whose direction the preliminary work began. The site chosen for the Exposition Universelle of 1867 was the Champ de Mars, the great military parade ground of Paris, which covered an area of 119 acres (48 ha) and to which was added the island of Billancourt, of 52 acres (21 ha).  The principal building was rectangular in shape with rounded ends, having a length of 1608 feet (490 m) and a width of 1247 feet (380 m), and in the center was a pavilion surmounted by a dome and surrounded by a garden, 545 feet (166 m) long and 184 feet (56 m) wide, with a gallery built completely around it.  In addition to the main building, there were nearly 100 smaller buildings on the grounds. Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Ernest Renan, and Theophile Gautier all wrote publications to promote the event.
caption: Official bird's-eye view of Exposition Universelle of 1867.
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