Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1867 World Fair

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Original – Bird's-eye view of the Exposition Universelle of 1867 in Paris. The site at Champ de Mars -a military parade ground- covered an area of 48 hectares (119 acres). There were 50,226 exhibitors from 42 nations. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the event started to be prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire.
Reason
High EV for providing a good overview of a large international temporary event. Large resolution, providing great level of detail of the exhibition site and its surroundings.
Articles in which this image appears
International Exposition (1867)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Eugène Cicéri (1812–1890)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]