Expo 58,
also known as the Brussels World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles), was held from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the
first major World's Fair after World War II.
The site is best known for
the Atomium, a giant model of a unit cell of an iron crystal (each sphere
representing an atom). More than 41 million visitors visited the
site, which was opened with a call for world peace and social and economic
progress, issued by King
Baudouin I.
Notable exhibitions include
the Philips Pavilion, where ”Poeme
electronique”, commissioned specifically for the location, was played back
from 425 loudspeakers, placed at specific points as designed by Iakisannis Xen, and Le Corbusier.
Another exhibition was the
Congolese village that was on display. The city of
Paris had its own pavilion, separate from the French one. The stamp on this cover features the official
French pavilion at the EXPO.
This could really be called an Expo of Lights. Pavilions like France, U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. glowed from inside out like big lit-up boxes
of blocks.
Thank you Maria.
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