Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens

World Heritage

Australia

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The Royal Exhibition Building and its surrounding Carlton Gardens were designed for the great International Exhibitions held in Melbourne in 1880 and 1888. The building and grounds were designed by Joseph Reid. The building is constructed of brick and timber, steel and stone. It incorporates elements of Byzantine, Romanesque, Lombard and Italian Renaissance styles. The building is typical of the International Exposition movement, which saw more than 50 exhibitions held between 1851 and 1915 in places such as Paris, New York, Vienna, Calcutta, Kingston (Jamaica) and Santiago (Chile). All the expositions had a common theme and aim: to record material and moral progress by showcasing the industries of nations.

# Carlton Gardens

# International Expo

# Joseph Reed

# Architectural Style

# Byzantium

# Industrial Exhibition

The Big Picture, opening of the Parliament of Australia, 9 May 1901, by Tom Roberts

Lithograph of the building in 1880. Note the rear wings which no longer exist

Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building (east side)

The Royal Exhibition Building, showing the fountain on the southern or Carlton Gardens side

The main hall inside the building

Aerial view of the Carlton Gardens, where the building is located

The building from the pool

The Royal Exhibition Building from the main avenue of the Carlton Gardens

The Exhibition Building used as a hospital during the Spanish flu pandemic, 1919

The Royal Exhibition Building's fountain

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Information extracted from Wikidata

part of	Northern
Commons category	Royal Exhibition Building
coordinate location	Point(144.971388888 -37.804722222)
Commons gallery	Royal Exhibition Building
start time	2004-07-20T00:00:00Z
native label	Royal Exhibition Building
area	25.45
street address	9 Nicholson St, Carlton VIC
country	Wet Tropics of Queensland - Component around Edmund Kennedy
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal%20exhibition%20building%20tulips%20straight.jpg
architect	Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
located in the administrative territorial entity	Victoria
architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
executive body	Royal Exhibition Building
location of creation	Royal Exhibition Building
number of rooms	viaf-316746749
All the Tropes identifier	EM01274b
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02nyfv
location	Republic of German-Austria