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title: "1889 Paris Exposition Universelle"
year: 1889
country: "France"
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startDate: "1889-01-01"
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# 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle

> The 1889 Paris World's Fair debuted Gustave Eiffel's iron tower and celebrated the French Revolution's centennial, drawing 32 million visitors and redefining architectural possibility.

## Summary

The Exposition Universelle de 1889, better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was one of several major expositions held in the city during this era, part of a tradition that saw Paris host world's fairs regularly throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It attracted more than thirty-two million visitors. The most famous structure created for the exposition, and still remaining, is the Eiffel Tower.

## Sources

- [1889 Paris exhibition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1889)) - Wikipedia

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