Exposition Universelle (1867)

1867 Paris
Main building at the Champ de Mars
Overview
BIE-class	Universal exposition
Category	Historical Expo
Name	Exposition universelle
Area	68.7 hectares (170 acres)
Invention(s)	Hydraulic elevator, Reinforced concrete
Visitors	15,000,000
Participant(s)
Countries	42
Business	52,200
Location
Country	France
City	Paris
Venue	Champ-de-Mars
Coordinates	48°51′21.7945″N 2°17′52.3703″E / 48.856054028°N 2.297880639°E / 48.856054028; 2.297880639
Timeline
Opening	(1867-04-01) (1867-10-31)April 1 – October 31, 1867 (6 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Closure	31 October 1867 (1867-10-31)
Universal expositions
Previous	1862 International Exhibition in London
Next	Weltausstellung 1873 Wien in Vienna

The Exposition Universelle of 1867 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1867 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. It was the second of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937.^[a] 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 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.^[1]

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