Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910)

The Exposicià Internacional del Centenario was an exhibition that took place in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires from May to November 1910. The timing of the exhibition was to commemorate the centennial of the May Revolution of 1810. With 1.2 million inhabitants of Buenos Aires at the time was the largest city in South America, the eighth largest city in the world and one of the richest. As the capital city and main port of the young Argentine Republic the city was at the height of their economic development and grew rapidly through immigration from Europe.

The exhibition had the following topics:

• Agriculture and Livestock - the site of the Agricultural Exhibition in Buenos Aires in the Palermo district, was made available for this area.
• Industry - for this purpose was a pavilion on the Avenida del Libertador available. There machines were exhibited, as they did not know so far in Argentina.
• Etc. An exhibition of the latest cars from Europe, yachts, airplanes, locomotives - Railway and intercity transport The exhibition was located in the vicinity of the Hippodrome in Palermo.
• Hygiene - The exhibition area was located at the present site of the Argentine National Library.

• Fine Arts - The Pavilion this was designed by the French architect Albert Ballu, and stood on the San Martin Square in Retiro. These were an iron construction with ceramics and stained glass. The pavilion was built in 1889 as a contribution of Argentina to the World Exhibition in Paris, and later shipped to Argentina.

In addition, there were numerous pavilions for Argentine provinces, including Cordoba, Mendoza, Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán. Among the exhibiting countries were Germany, England, Italy, Austria - Hungary, Paraguay, Switzerland and Spain. In accordance with the spirit of the Art Nouveau played a major role in the design of the exhibition building.

A number of young Italian architects, including Virginio Colombo, Francisco Gianotti and Mario Palanti who designed the Italian pavilion, remained in Buenos Aires. Their buildings were some of the most important in the architecture of the 20th century in Buenos Aires and the preserved of them are still important for the city.