Portuguese colonial exhibition

Overview
BIE-class Unrecognized exposition
Visitors 1.5 million
Organized by Henrique Galvão
Location
Country Portugal
City Porto
Coordinates 41°08′48.76″N 8°37′33.56″W / 41.1468778°N 8.6259889°W / 41.1468778; -8.6259889
Timeline
Opening 16 June 1934
Closure 30 September 1934

The Portuguese colonial exhibition was a world's fair[1] held in Porto, Portugal in 1934 to display achievements of Portugal's colonies in Africa and Asia.[2]

Portugal's director of 'Colonial Show Fairs' Henrique Galvão who had represented Portugal at the Paris Colonial Exposition in 1931 was made the technical director for this exhibition.[2]

It was decided to re-use the Palácio de Cristal which had been constructed for an earlier exhibition in Porto.[3]

Exhibits came from Portugal itself (Braga, Chaves, Leixões, Matosinhos and Porto), Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea (Guinea-Bissau), India, Macao[4] (including a reproduction of theGuia lighthouse),[3] Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor (Portuguese Timor).[4]

There were reproductions of villages from different colonies[2] and of the Padrãos of Dighton and Yellala,[3] along with a zoo, restaurants[2] a theatre, a cinema which showed 'The Dawn Patrol and an amusement park.[3]

It ran from 16[5] June to 30 September[6]and by the time it had closed there had been 1.5 million visitors.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberley D. (eds.). "Appendix D: Fairs Not Included". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Efemérides | I Exposição Colonial Portuguesa, 1934" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "do Porto e não só...: O Porto dos anos 30–A Exposição Colonial 1934" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 Álbum-catálogo oficial da Exposição.
  5. ↑ "Portugal > History and Events > Date Table > Second Repubic". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Efemérides | I Exposição Colonial Portuguesa, 1934" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Medeiros, Antonio. "Estado Novo". Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts.

'Portugal is Not a Small Country' map used to show how big Portuguese colonies were

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