Name of Object:

The Promotional Exhibition of the Alsace and Lorraine Society in the Algerian Section [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

La mostra della Società promotrice degli Alsaziani e Lorenesi nella Sezione Algerina

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

Paris, International Exhibition, 1878. In one of the streets in the Trocadero Pavilion buildings were constructed based on those built in Algeria after the French-Prussian war (1870–71) by the Society Protecting Alsatian and Lorenese People for refugees coming from France. The interior shows all the territories donated to the Protecting Society and in the lower part the villages of Hanssonvillers and Bacckhalfa.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 88

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "The Promotional Exhibition of the Alsace and Lorraine Society in the Algerian Section [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;206;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 064