Keywords: Vue générale des constructions du Champ-de-Mars et du Trocadéro.jpg Panoramic view of the 1878 World Fair site in Paris Left of the image stands the Trocadéro palace which had been designed specifically for the fair 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 5000 people Two galleries on each side went from the rotunda to the outside of the building and were inspired by St Peter's Piazza in Rome The Palais was eventually damaged by a fire in 1935 and does not exist anymore today On the other bank of the Seine River stands the palais du Champ-de-Mars which had also been built for the occasion but which would be destroyed soon after the Fair In 1889 the Eiffel Tower would be built on that site 1879 engraving 30 7 x 107 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Simon de Vandière L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée Paris Calmann Lévy 1879 accession number 1254172483696289 frameless 400px PD-old Images of Paris from the Brown University Library L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée Exposition Universelle 1878 Engravings of Paris Palais du Champ-de-Mars 1878 Palais du Trocadéro Historical images of Pont d'Iéna Bird's-eye views of Paris Jardins du Trocadéro |