An Expo Village is an accommodation center built for the
Universal Exposition
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
organized by
BIE in the host city. Expo Villages are built to house all participating delegates, as well as officials. Expo Villages are similar to
Olympic Village
An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers. Afte ...
s.
For example, the Expo Village for
EXPO Milan 2015, the home of the foreign delegates attending the Expo in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, located in the seven towers of
Cascina Merlata. Since its official opening, which took place March 9, 2015, for ten months, Expo Village has hosted over 5,000 delegates (60% men and 40% women) from 128 different countries who stayed in the seven towers constituting the complex. Among them were 468 artists of the countries invited by Expo 2015 to perform at their "National Days".
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The Milan Expo Village was managed by the
Fondazione Collegio delle Università Milanesi, because of the expertise in temporary accommodation in international and multicultural environment.
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Olympic Village
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Expo Shanghai 2010
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the tr ...
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Expo Milan 2015
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Expo Antalya 2016
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Expo Astana 2017
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Expo Dubai 2020
References
World's fairs