International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene


The International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene was a world's fair held in Genoa in 1914.

Summary

The fair was held between May 23 1914 and 15 December 1914 with the aim of showing life in Italian colonies.
The fair was opened by Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena.

Contents

The overall design of the fair was by Gino Coppedè.
There were 1200 exhibitors from all continents.
There were displays from the colonies of Eritrea, Somalia, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania and one about the economics of the territories in Africa.
In addition to individual colonies there was a stadium, a copy of the Galata Tower and a mosque.

Transportation

A monorail and a cable car were both built for the exhibition, with the monorail, known as , continuing to run until 1918.