Fiera di Bologna
The Fiera di Bologna is the
History
19th century
The history of the Fiera begins in the 19th century. The first large trade fair was held in the city on May 7, 1888 in the
20th century
Trade fairs of national significance were held more constantly starting from 1927, the year in which the "
After
In 1961 EAF launched a contest in order to select a project for a first block of permanent pavillons.[6] The winning project was that of architects Leonardo Benevolo, Tommaso Giuralongo and Carlo Melogran;[7] works began in 1964 and the following year the 29th Fair of Bologna, inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Aldo Moro, was the first to be held in a permanent venue.[8]
At the end of the 1960s the city authorities, worried by massive
21st century
In 2002 EAF turned into "BolognaFiere Spa", a joint-stock company that is the fulcrum of a regional fair system that includes also Modena and Ferrara, with a combined total of 200,000 square meters of gross hall capacity,[13] of which 105,000 in Bologna alone.[14]
In 2010 a new 22 story, 90 meters high tower has been completed.[15]
At the end of 2016 BolognaFiere Spa successfully carried out a €20m seasoned equity offering with the aim to expand its exhibition grounds to 140,000 square meters.[16] On October 30, 2017 (after the approval of a new €100m restyling project) demolition works of the old pavillons officially started.[17]
See also
References
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- ^ ""Chronology of Bologna: 1927" (in Italian)". www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Salaborsa Library. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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- ^ ""Chronology of Bologna: 1947" (in Italian)". www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Salaborsa Library. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ ""Chronology of Bologna: 1927" (in Italian)". www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Salaborsa Library. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ ""I Padiglioni" (in Italian)". www.bolognafiere.it. Bologna Fiere. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ ""Chronology of Bologna: 1927" (in Italian)". www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Salaborsa Library. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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- ^ ""Chronology of Bologna: 1927" (in Italian)". www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Salaborsa Library. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ ""La Regione e la sua storia - le sedi della regione" (in Italian)". www.regione.emilia-romagna.it. Emilia-Romagna region. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Ranking of the world's largest exhibition halls in 2017, by gross hall capacity (in square meters)". www.statista.com. Statista. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Vesentini, Ilaria (23 September 2016). ""Fiera di Bologna, tra un anno il restyling da 60 milioni di euro" (in Italian)". Il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ ""Nuova torre per uffici della Regione Emilia-Romagna nel Fiera District di Bologna" (in Italian)" (PDF). Finanziaria Bologna Metropolitana Spa. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Visentini, Ilaria (19 December 2016). ""BolognaFiere, al via piano industriale e aumento di capitale" (in Italian)". Il Sole 24 Ore. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "And so begins the demolition - the start of the BolognaFiere's new hall development!". www.bolognafiere.it. BolognaFiere. Retrieved 1 December 2017.