Exposição do Centenário de 1922- Selo comemorativo

The Independence Centenary International Exposition ( pt, Exposição Internacional do Centenário da Independência) was a

World Expo 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 ...

held in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

from September 7, 1922 to March 23, 1923, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Brazil's Independence. The expo happened during the

Epitácio Pessoa Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (; 23 May 1865 – 13 February 1942) was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as 11th president of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after bein ...

Administration and was regarded as an opportunity to show off Brazil's growing industries and commercial opportunities. The Expo's pavilions were constructed alongside the Rio Branco Avenue and built just for the occasion. A total of 14 countries from 3 continents took part in this edition of the Expo. Over 3,000,000 people attended the event.

Pavilions

National

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, Belgium,

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, Denmark, France, England, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway,

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, Sweden and United States.

Exposition Pavilions

*Administration Pavilion; *Food Pavilion; *Statistics Pavilion; *Festivity Pavilion; *Agriculture and Roads Pavilion; *Small Industries Pavilion; *Large Industries Pavilion; *Hunting and Fishing Pavilion; *Antarctica Brewery Pavilion; *Jewelry Pavilion; *Portugal's Honor Pavilion.

States Pavilions

The Brazilian States Pavilion was the biggest pavilion in the fair with 6,013 exhibitors from all

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian states.

References

First Brazilian Republic 1922 in Brazil 1923 in Brazil 20th century in Rio de Janeiro

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