Expo '98
The Expo 98 was recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions World Fair, which took place from 22 May to 30 September 1998 in Lisbon ( Portugal). The world exhibition, the first in Portugal and the fourth (1888 Barcelona 1929 Barcelona 1992 Seville ) in the Iberian Peninsula, was entitled Os oceanos: to património para o futuro to German " The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future ". Today, the popular exhibition center is marketed under the name of Parque das Naçoes.
Prehistory
The idea of a World's Fair in Portugal dates back to the journalist António Mega Ferreira and Vasco Graça Moura politicians. Both stood before the Commission for the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Portuguese discoveries.
After the then government had signaled its approval under Cavaco Silva, Mega Ferreira worked the project plan for the application of Lisbon from the Awards Committee of the Bureau of International Expositions, Foreign Minister João de Deus Pinheiro presents the project on March 9, 1990. Finally won the Portuguese capital in 1994 against the Toronto, Canada, which had also applied.
In response, the State company Parque Expo SA, which was responsible for the complete organization of the Great Exhibition founded. From the government side, the project was initially managed by the Social Democratic politician António Cardoso e Cunha. After the Socialists had won in the parliamentary elections in 1995, this was replaced by the Socialist José de Melo Torres Campos.
For the location of the New World exhibition by the Portuguese government selected the most westerly point in Olivais district. The 50 -acre old harbor area with the name Doca dos Olivais was a run-down, derelict industrial wasteland that could be used from an urban development reasons for such a world exhibition.
The government made a special point, after the experience at the World Exhibition in Seville in 1992, that all buildings and facilities can also be used after the exhibition, so as not to leave again later go to the area. Each building was therefore already sold in advance for future use.
At the same time tender of large public infrastructure projects, including the construction of the 17.2 -kilometer-long Vasco da Gama Bridge over the Tagus, the new train station Gare do Oriente began, and a new metro line ( Linha Vermelha ) that the exhibition area from the Gare do Oriente should connect through 7 stop locations to the city center.
The restoration and urbanization of the area cost a total of 151.7 billion escudos, the inherent costs amounted to 128.6 billion escudos, investment in the transport network amounted to 8.4 billion escudos and into other urban projects to 38.3 billion escudos.
World exhibition
The Expo opened on 22 May 1998, a total of 143 countries participated and 14 international organizations. In addition to the exhibition pavilions, there were also 5,000 different shows on 14 different stages.
During the opening days 132 10.12 million people visited the World's Fair.
Torre Vasco da Gama
As most distinctive landmarks of the Expo 98, the 145 -meter high observation tower Torre Vasco da Gamma was created. The tower is intended as a memorial to remember the navigator Vasco da Gama: The steel structure makes the sail of a caravel represents the tower body ( with the view restaurant) a mast with lookout.
Pavilions
In addition to the individual country - and organization pavilions, there was on the Expo grounds thirteen additional different pavilions. In addition to the nine thematic pavilions, there were also four different pavilions, various (former) themed Portuguese regions.
The thematic pavilions were Pavilhão do Futuro (Future Pavilion), Pavilhão da Realidade Virtual ( Pavilion of virtual reality), Pavilhão da Utopia ( Utopia Pavilion ), Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal Pavilion ), Pavilhão do Conhecimento ( Knowledge Pavilion ), Pavilhão dos Oceanos ( Ocean Pavilion), Pavilhão do Território ( terrain Pavilion ), Pavilhão da Água (water pavilion ) and the Exibição Nautica ( Nautical exhibition).
The four regional pavilions, presented the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores ( Pavilhão dos Açores) and Madeira ( Pavilhão da Madeira ), and the former Portuguese colonies of Guinea- Bissau ( Pavilhão da Guine-Bissau ) and Macau ( Pavilhão de Macau ) dar.
Atlantic Pavilion
Pavilhao because Realidade Virtual, Lisbon
Portuguese Pavilion, Lisbon
Tickets
For admission to the Expo, there were various types of tickets. In addition to the daily menu (5000 $ 00 escudos, about 25 euros ) and a dinner menu (2500 $ 00 escudos, about 12,50 Euro ) were three- day tickets (12,500 $ 00 escudos, about 62.35 euros ) and three- month cards ( 50.000 $ 00 Escudos, about 250 euro).
The Swiss watch company Swatch, launched a few months before the show, the watch model Adamastor, who got a chip which could be used as a day ticket. To enter it was enough to keep the clock at the entrance to the entrance barriers.
Music, Logo and Mascot
The right music for the World Expo, composed of musicians Nuno Rebelo in 1996. Pangea His piece, named after the ancient continent, represented a mixture of different musical styles that were supposed to come from all corners of the earth.
The logo of Expo 98 was designed by the responsible Head of Marketing Expo, Augusto Tavares Dias. It shows a wave of the sea and sun, as well as including the lettering EXPO '98.
The mascot for the Expo developed the painter António Modesto and sculptor Artur Moreira. The proposal of the student José Luis Coelho was able to prevail in the nationwide ausgeschriebenem in schools mascot competition against 309 other proposals and was ultimately a tribute to the Portuguese navigator Gil Eanes the name Gil.
Participating countries
Africa
Egypt, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Guinea- Bissau, Cape Verde, Kenya, Comoros, Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, United States
Asia
Armenia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Cyprus
Europe
Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, Hungary, Vatican, United Kingdom, Belarus
Oceania
Cook Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu
Reuse
After the official end of the world exhibition on 30 September 1998, closed the entire site for 15 days. Then it opened under the new name Parque das Naçoes. The Oceanarium, the future and the Knowledge Pavilion remained open until the end of the year.
In the following months there were more conversions for the theme pavilions and other changes on the exhibition grounds.
The main entrance to the World's Fair, which is located directly in front of the Gare do Oriente, was a shopping center Vasco da Gama (Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama ), operated by Sonae converted. The northern part of the international World's Fair became the new location of the Lisbon Fair ( Feira Internacional de Lisboa ). The Utopia Pavilion was renamed Pavilhão Atlântico and serves to this day as a venue. 2007 Lisbon conference was held in this building. The building was temporarily being converted by the installation of a temporary conference center. The knowledge pavilion houses a science museum, in the future pavilion resides, the Lisbon Casino. The Ocean Pavilion was converted to the large oceanarium. Only the pavilion of virtual reality was demolished, the Vasco da Gama tower remained, except for a few temporary use only as a striking building with no commercial use receive.
The remaining exhibit space could be sold both as an office as well as residential space. Among other things, today, various international companies have their representative (Vodafone, Sonae, Sony, the European Agency for Maritime Safety ). Today, about 28,000 people live in the area.