The 1900 Olympics were held in Paris after Baron Pierre de Coubertin rejected calls from many for the Games to be sited permanently in Athens following the success of the inaugural Games.

The French government is asking Gustave Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but he simply wants to design the subway—until he crosses paths with a mysterious ...

An arrangement of buildings around a terrace had been used at the last World's Fair, in Paris of 1889 -- but the Chicago site was four times larger. Daniel Hudson Burnham, of the Chicago ...

The French capital experienced the first emergence of the art and design phenomenon that was later termed Art Deco in the 1910s but only truly blossomed at the Paris World's Fair of 1925.

Ever since The World’s Fair debuted in 1851, people worldwide have been fascinated by the creativity, inspiration and ideas showcased at the esteemed event. Since then, the World’s Fair has ...

The 1900 Olympics were held in Paris after Baron Pierre de Coubertin rejected calls from many for the Games to be sited permanently in Athens following the success of the inaugural Games.