I came across a Google doodle on 1st May 2011. It's the 160th Anniversary of the First World's Fair (global).
World's Fairs originated in the French tradition of national exhibitions. It then was followed by other national exhibitions in continental Europe, and finally came to London where the first real international exhibition was held on May 1, 1851.
The Google doodle reminds me of the France's Eiffel Tower's story that Mr Zul shared in class few days before the doodle appear on Google page. Eiffel Tower was supposed to be a temporary exhibit! ...but they maintained the structure since 1889 until today as it is quite impossible to dismantle.
Today,Eiffel Tower (named after the its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel) stands 324 meters tall being the tallest building in Paris and also the most-visited paid monument in the world.
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