Two International Expositions in Spain : Sevilla Exposition (Ibero-American Exposition), March 15th to December 31st, 1929, Barcelona Exposition, May 1st to December 31st, 1929

MF U* iixio % TWO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS IN SPAIN SEVILLA EXPOSITION (Ibero-American Exposition) March 15th to December 31st, 1929 BARCELONA EXPOSITION May 1st to December 31st, 1929 This article is areprint from the January 1929 issue ofthe INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW published by the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation Plaza de America, Sevilla The palace of Ancient Art in the background * < TWO INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS ,By Carolina Marcial THE two great International Expositions to be held in Spain during the year 1929, one at Barcelona and one at Sevilla, are an indication of the economic position that has been attained by the Spanish nation. During the last twenty-five years, the country has made an uninterrupted move for improvement; and today Spain, with its population of 22,000,000, is enjoying aperiod of undoubted prosperity. Internal peace has been established, export trade has been extensively developed, communications are being continually improved, and agriculture and manufacture are assuming increased importance. Spain’s greatest wealth is in her agricultural output. The wellkept vineyards produce wines far-famed for their excellence of quality and flavor. The extensive olive groves and plantations make Spain the leading country of the world in the production of olives and olive oil. Cereals and sugar are also grown in large quantities and the raising of livestock is also of importance. Extensive mining concessions have been granted. The vast hydrographic system of Spain, with such rivers as the Ebro, the Guadalquivir, the Guadiana, and the Duero, has made possible The Tower of the Colegio Mayor One of the outstanding buildings of the Sevilla Exposition INTERNATIONAL £COMMUNICATIONS «REVIEW the progressive development of irrigation and the production of electric energy. Fourteen railway companies are now in operation, and the Mercantile Marine has increased its fleet to 1,750 vessels. The textile industry has assumed considerable proportions in the Catalonian district. Mining has flourished hand in hand with fishing, until at the present time ten thousand tons of tinplate are used every year in the canning of twenty-five thousand tons of fish. Other industries, too numerous to itemize, are also increasing in importance }and in consideration of this fact the present economic position of Spain makes the country awell chosen location for an International Exposition. The Barcelona Exposition The Barcelona International Exposition, under the patronage of the King of Spain, is agigantic undertaking. Plans for it were started in 1914, but they were interrupted by the World War, and were not resumed until 1919. The opening of the Exposition has definitely been set for the beginning of April. It will probably close by the end of the year 1929. The Barcelona Exposition will no doubt be the most important industrial exhibition that Europe has ever seen, bringing thousands of visitors to Spain as participants or spectators. Three main sections—Industrial, Spanish Art, and Sports—will make the scope of the Exhibition almost boundless, and will provide adiversity of interest. - Barcelona, with its population of 1,000,000 inhabitants, is the most important city on the Mediterranean coast, and is athoroughly modern metropolis, with beautiful parks and gardens, museums, libraries, a university, and colleges. It has awell-developed transportation system, with street-cars, autobus lines, subways, funiculars, and electric railways} and the harbor traffic is the best indication of the industrial importance of the Catalonian region of which Barcelona is the center. The city is situated in avalley between Mt. Tibidabo, 1,700 feet high, on the north, and Mt. Montjuich, 600 feet high, on the south. It is on the slopes of Mt. Montjuich, now converted into beautiful promenades and gardens, that the great Exhibition will be held, covering an area of over 300,000 acres. The Industrial Section, comprising eleven vast halls, will be the most important of the three sections of the Exposition. Here will be seen the various aspects of industry and agriculture, the different forms of commercial activity, and the application of science to the development of production. Each of the halls will house aparticular industrial group INTERNATIONAL 4COMMUNICATIONS £REVIEW The Palace of Electricity and Power at the Barcelona Exposition displaying to the public in an effective manner its own special features. There will be two groups of agricultural buildings: one containing the exhibitions of viticulture, enology, and olive culture, and the other the displays of agricultural machinery ;while the open space between the two groups of halls will be used for exhibitions of floriculture. The Hall of Textile Industry and Clothing Trade will have exhibitions of processes and products connected with the textile industries —spinning material and processes, cordage and woven materials, bleaching, dyeing, printing, and dressing machinery; yarns, woven goods of all kinds, laces and embroideries; materials and processes for the making of clothing; cloths, furs, and leathers; hats, shirts, linen, neckties, and footwear. In the Hall of Electricity and Motive Power will be the electrical and electro-chemical industries, electric lighting in all forms, telegraphs and telephones, sundry uses of electricity, motive power, wind and water motors and steam engines, applied mechanics, governors and accumulators, measuring apparatus, chemical industries with their materials and processes, chemical products, and coal products. The Hall of Applied and Industrial Art will contain everything connected with furniture and cabinet-making, interior decoration, ceramics, objets d’art in metal and marble, lamps, wallpapers, tapestries, curtains and carpets, leather, jewelry, religious and ecclesiastical art, art as applied to the theatre, etc. The various branches of the Building Trade will be represented INTERNATIONAL «COMMUNICATIONS £REVIEW l The Palace of Agriculture at the Barcelona Exposition in the Hall of Alphonso XIII ;and will have exhibits of stonework, tiles, cement, locksmith requisites, house carpentry, stairways, house decoration, and the many other materials and processes that are linked up with the building trade today. In the Hall of Graphic Arts will be found the many things appertaining to the Art of Bookmaking—bookbindings and the special machinery employed in the making up of books, copies of codices and incunabula, maps and geographies, globes, statistical graphs, and valuable collections of books. The Cinema Hall, in addition to its exhibition rooms, boasts amagnificent theatre, and this hall will contain the apparatus and accessories connected with artistic and educational photography, stereoscopic and scientific photography, phototypography, photogravure, and cinematography. The Hall of Labor will be concerned with the methods used by modern industry to obtain the greatest effective value from work in the least possible time and with the least fatigue to the worker. The Hall destined for Sports Supplies will present rules, plans, models, and equipment necessary for boxing, fencing, swimming, football, tennis, and other forms of athletics. The Hall of Communications and Transport will include everything relating to animal pack or draught transport, transport by rail or tramway, river and maritime transport, naval construction, aerial navigation, and traveling requisites. In the foreign section, in aspecially favored position overlooking the other buildings, space has been reserved to enable any L INTERNATIONAL «COMMUNICATIONS £REVIEW of pictures, work in precious metals, arms, tapestries, sculpture, and other exhibits of Spain’s great heritage. In the fourth and last section, will be the exposition of industry and commerce, automobile manufacture, agriculture, and stock-raising. Here also will be the reservations for the American and Portuguese nations, who will erect their pavilions along the “Avenida de America” and in the “Plaza de Portugal.” One of the interesting features of the Exposition will be the exhibit of the Compama Telefonica Nacional de Espana where an automatic exchange has been built in apermanent structure of pure Spanish style. In atemporary pavilion connected with the permanent building by an open gallery, the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation will have an exhibit portraying the work of the company thiough the various countries where it operates. In another temporary pavilion connected also with the permanent building by an open gallery the International Standard Electric Corporation will have an exhibit of Standard Electric telephone material. This attractive group of buildings of the Compama Telefonica Nacional de Espana at the Exposition is both artistic and colorful. The main patio has afountain that is a repi eduction of one of the fountains of the Alhambra, the windows are trimmed with rich wrought-iron work, and porcelain medallions ecorate the columns in the charming open galleries connecting the main building with the temporary pavilions. Apart of the Exposition grounds will be set aside for sports. There will be golf links, tennis courts, and football grounds where the international matches will take place. As afinal endeavor to make the ei o-Amer ican Exposition complete, Sevilla is planning to organize touis for the benefit of the visitors to the Exposition. Special trains, automobile lines, and air lines will be run to other Spanish cities, and to Tetuan, Tangier, and Ceuta, in Africa. ****** Beautiful as is the city of Barcelona, its charm will be enhanced uring the coming year by the magnificent buildings, and winding parks and gai dens, that have sprung up so miraculously on the broad slopes oMt. Montjuich. Picturesque as is the city of Sevilla, with its famous , cazaGOil alda Tower, Moorish patios, and exquisite gardens, it will ema eeven more attractive by the beautiful buildings that have custei ed on the banks of the Guadalquivir River. Bhus Spain carries on preparations for two great International expositions. Again the nations of the world will come together in the peaceful and friendly competition of industry and art. - Building of the Compania Telefonica Nacional de Espana This attractive building will be used for apermanent automatic telephone exchange in Sevilla La Glorieta de los Quinteros One of the most attractive corners in the beautiful grounds of the Sevilla Exposition Laaa A. -A. \ '.» Printed in U. S. A 500672308 BGU AMont. F07/29