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| Keywords: Les derniers préparatifs, 1879.jpg Artwork These images represent the 1878 exhibit site a few moments before the official opening The central cityscape shows the Palais du Trocadéro which had been built for the occasion by the architects Davioud and Bourdais The building had three parts the monumental central rotunda served as a reception hall and concert hall which could contain about 5 000 people The two galleries on each side ran from the rotunda to the outside of the building and were inspired by St Peter's Piazza in Rome The two towers on each side of the rotunda were modelled after the Algiers Mosq which at the time was used as a Cathedral The Palais was eventually damaged by a fire in 1935 and does not exist anymore today 1879 engraving 31 x 50 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1254171160703447 PD-old-100 Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library 1879 engravings Palais du Trocadéro Historical images of Pont d'Iéna Exposition Universelle 1878 L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée | ||||
