Expo Milano 2015, but what was there before and what will be after? To understand an event it is good to also understand its history, this is how it all started.
The great event of Expo 2015 of Milan but many do not know the history of this event, which began in the mid-800th century, and which has undergone transformations over the years.
First of all, there is a difference between theand Universal Exhibitions e International Exhibitions, as they are classified by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the intergovernmental organization, which has been planning and managing these events since 1928.
The one of Milan it is a Universal Exposition, while others that we may have heard of or that we have visited were those of the second level which have a shorter duration and which are organized more frequently.
As for the Universal Expo, in 1988, when the last memorandum of understanding was signed, the new criteria: must take place every five years, must last six months and a theme must be chosen that will be declined by the participants who are responsible for creating their own pavilion within the area identified by the host country.
But when was the first Universal Exposition? It was that of 1851 in London, in Hyde Park, which was intended to showcase the progress of the industry. On that occasion the Crystal Palace was built which was then dismantled and relocated elsewhere but was later destroyed in a fire.
Among the first exhibitions, the most famous was certainly that of Paris of the 1889, when the Torre Eiffel with the intention that it remained a temporary structure and instead became one of the symbols of the French capital.
In 1893 for theChicago Exhibition, wanted to celebrate the 400 years since the discovery of America, the first Ferris wheel in the world was built, no longer visible today because it was demolished years later.
The first exhibition in Italy was a Milan in 1906, the theme was that of transport as the Simplon tunnel had just been inaugurated, which connects Italy with Switzerland and which represented, in those years, a significant achievement from a construction point of view.
The exhibition pavilions were built in an area behind the Sforzesco Castle, the Sempione park, and in what was called New parade ground, a vast area where, in 1923, the Milan Fair was built and which today is the ultra-modern CityLife district with its futuristic buildings. The only building left of the Milanese event is that of the Civic Aquarium, a splendid Art Nouveau building.
A Rome instead they were unable to organize the Expo because it was scheduled in 1942, in the middle of the Second World War, but an entire district was also built that takes its name from this event: theEUR (Universal Exposition Rome).
Among the buildings left or made famous by the Universal Exposition are: theAtomium of Brussels made in 1958, the Montreal biosphere of 1967, a Seville the area called Isola de la Cartuja, redeveloped for theExpo dl 1992, with several buildings, the Isla Magica, a large amusement park and the Alamillo bridge over the Guadalquivir, the unmistakable work of the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
The last Expo was that of 2010 in Shanghai which is remembered as the most expensive but the one with the most visitors, as many as 73 million entrances in a large area in which pavilions were built to discuss and address the issue of urban planning and the use of our cities.
The theme instead of Expo Milano 2015, by now we all know, it is Feeding the Planet, Energy for life, an in-depth study on food and nutrition. Technologies and solutions will be showcased to guarantee food for everyone, respecting the ecosystem and the balance of this fragile planet of ours, which risks being compromised by too intensive use of resources.
The Expo area is located north of Milan, adjacent to the Rho-Pero exhibition center and can be reached by car, by subway from Milan, and also by train.
The works are still being completed and the May 1st will open its doors one of the most important events organized in Italy in recent decades. Visitors are expected from all over the world and there are great expectations about this event which hopefully will become an attraction for tourists, induced and resources for our territory.
Where and how buy tickets is indicated on the event website, certainly Expo and Milan are to be included among the 2015 destinations because we cannot miss the opportunity to attend an unrepeatable event.
photo echiner1, Suzuki, Expo2015 official site
