Exposición Universal de Barcelona

Name: Exposición Universal de Barcelona
Start: 1888

1888 CE.

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The 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition (in Catalan: Exposició Universal de Barcelona and Exposición Universal de Barcelona in Spanish) was Spain's first International World's Fair and ran from 8 April to 9 December 1888. The second one in Barcelona was held in 1929.

Text from the Wikipedia article 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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