Antwerp World Exhibition of 1930

1930 CE.

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The Exposition Internationale of Colonial, Maritime, and Art was a world's fair held in Antwerp in 1930 in conjunction with another Belgian exhibition at the same time Exposition of 1930 in Liège to mark 100 years of Belgian independence. It was opened on 26 April 1930 by King Albert and Queen Elizabeth and closed on 5 November. There were 468,323 visitors.

Text from the Wikipedia article Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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