The Great Exhibition

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Médéric Burlet 1S4 The Great Exhibition Dear readers, Today I decided to talk to you about the best event in the country! The Great Exhibition. First what is the Great Exhibition? It is the first great international exhibition. It can help you understand the brotherhood between our nations and allies. At the great exhibition there are four main categories of products: raw materials, machinery, Manufactures, Sculpture and the Fine Arts The Great Exhibition has already been opened for one hundred and twenty-four days. After all our beloved Prince Albert did the opening ceremony, I can assure you that it was spectacular, it was a stunning speech!It has seduced the lower class up to the royal class. The advantage for the Great Exhibition is that the tickets are very cheap: from three guineas down to 1 shilling. This has already caught more than four million people. Now you might wonder where is the Great Exhibition? Well it is established at the Crystal Palace situated in Hyde Park in London. The Crystal Palace was designed by our famous Joseph Paxton our best English gardener and architect. Yesterday I managed to see what was exposed for 2 guineas. Here is a little list of the last trends: book covers, iron fountains, ornamental ironwork, radiating hall stoves, carriage builders, decorative marble work, ornamental vases, wood carvings, ornamental chairs, spar mosaics, lace shawl, push bobbin, net machine. So if you have the idea of renewing your home don't wait, it is the perfect moment. An important information that you must know is that not only England is exposing products but also other countries such as: India, Australia, New Zealand, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany. One of the most impressive thing is the size of the Crystal Palace, it's gigantic! One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one feet long and around one hundred and
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