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-	The '''Brussels International Exposition of 1935''' (Exposition Universelle et Internationale Bruxelles de 1935) a [[World's fair|Universal exhibition]] held in [[Heysel Park|Heysel]], near [[Brussels]] in [[Belgium]], between 27 April and 6 November 1935.	+
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-	==History==	+
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-	Officially sanctioned by the [[Bureau International des Expositions]], twenty-five countries officially participated and a further five were unofficially represented. The theme was colonization, on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the [[Congo Free State]].	+
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-	The expo attracted some twenty million visitors. Belgian architect [[Joseph van Neck]] was the principal architect of the fair and of the [[Art Deco]] ''Palais des Expositions'' (also known as the ''Grand Palais''), with its interior concrete [[parabolic arches]], and four heroic bronze statues on piers.	+
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-	Among many other contributors, [[Le Corbusier]] designed part of the French exhibit; the Belgian modernist architect, [[Victor Bourgeois]], designed the ''Grand Palace'', the [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]] Restaurant and the Soprocol Pavilion. The Belgian art exposition prominently displayed the work of contemporary Belgian artists, including [[Paul Delvaux]], [[René Magritte]] and [[Louis Van Lint]], boosting their careers.	+
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-	The ''Palais des Expositions'', and at least three other of the 1935 structures, were re-used for [[Expo '58]] which was held at the same site in 1958.	+
-	==See also==	+
-	*The poster for the Exposition was designed by [[Leo Marfurt]]	+
-	*[[Brussels International (1897)]]	+
-	*[[Brussels International 1910|Brussels International (1910)]]	+
-	*[[Expo '58]]	+
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