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![]() 1961 Soviet Union stamp marking Expo 61 and depicting Giuseppe Garibaldi | |
Overview | |
BIE-class | Specialized exposition |
Name | Esposizione Internazionale del Lavoro 1961 |
Building(s) | Palazzo del Lavoro |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
City | Turin |
Venue | Corso Unità d'Italia |
Coordinates | 45°01′20″N 07°40′18″E / 45.02222°N 7.67167°E |
Timeline | |
Awarded | 5 May 1959 |
Opening | 1 May 1961 |
Closure | 31 October 1961 |
Specialized expositions | |
Previous | Interbau in Berlin |
Next | IVA 65 in Munich |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Expo 58 in Brussels |
Next | Century 21 Exposition in Seattle |
Expo 61 was the international labour exhibition held in 1961 in the Italian City of Turin. It was the 15th specialized exposition recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Italy used the opportunity to expand the event with an exposition celebrating the centennial of Italian unity. The result is that the exhibition is widely remembered as Italia '61.
The labour exhibition
The international part of the expo 61 was held in the purpose built Palazzo del Lavoro (Labour Palace) designed by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi. The roof is supported by 16 pillars each 25 meters heigh, each supporting a 38 x 38 meter concrete element. Glass panels between the concrete elements allows daylight into the 25.000 m2 hall. The walls are made of glass panels supported by a metal frame at the outside of the building.
Italia '61
The Italian part of the expo 61 was located between the Palazzo del Lavoro and the carmuseum, two kilometers north. The Italian provinces were represented with pavilions along the river Po at the eastside of the Corso Unità d'Italia (Lane of Italian unity). At the westside an eventcentre, the Palavela was built. During the 2006 Winter Olympics this hall was used as venue for figure skating and shorttrack. Visitors could use a monorail for an 1800m ride between the northern entrance at the car museum and the Palazzo del Lavoro at the southside of the exposition. An aerial cableway provided access to the Parco Europa, a viewpoint at the other side of the Po.
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The northerly monorail station
See also
- Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
- Turin International (1911)
- The International Expo of Sport (1955)
- Italia '61-Regione Piemonte (Turin Metro)
- List of world's fairs
External links
- Prima Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno (1829)
- Seconda Triennale Pubblica Esposizione dell’anno (1832)
- Pubblica esposizione dell'anno (1838)
- Quarto Esposizione d'Industria et di Belle Arti (1844)
- Esposizione dei Prodotti e delle Manufatture nazionale (1846)
- Quinta Esposizione di Industria e di Belle Arti (1850)
- Esposizione Industriale (1854)
- Sesta Esposizione Nazionale di Prodotti d'Industria
- Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture (1853)
- International exhibition (1874)
- General Italian exhibition (1884)
- World exhibition (1887)
- Italio-Americana exhibition (1892)
- Esposizione Generale Italiana (1898)
- Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
- Milan International (1906)
- International Exhibition of Art (1911)
- Turin International (1911)
- International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene (1914)
- Monza Biennial (1923)
- Monza Biennial II (1925)
- Monza Biennial III (1927)
- Monza Biennial IV (1930)
- Milan Triennial V (1933)
- Milan Triennial VI (1936)
- Milan Triennial VII (1940)
- Esposizione universale (1942)
- Milan Triennial VIII (1947)
- Milan Triennial IX (1951)
- EA 53
- Milan Triennial X (1954)
- The International Exhibition of Navigation (1954)
- The International Expo of Sport (1955)
- Milan Triennial XI (1957)
- Milan Triennial XII (1960)
- Expo 61
- Milan Triennial XIII (1964)
- Milan Triennial XIV (1968)
- Milan Triennial XV (1973)
- Milan Triennial XVI (1979)
- Milan Triennial XVII (1988)
- Genoa Expo '92
- Milan Triennial XVIII (1992)
- Milan Triennial XIX (1996)
- Milan Triennial XX (2001-2004)
- Expo 2015
- Triennial 2016
- Triennial 2019
- XXIII Triennale di Milano