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Stamp Belgian 5x 1 centimes N ° 53 Postmarks 6x Braine-le-Comte November 30, 1905 Addressed to Braine-le-Comte Hainaut Belgium 's-Gravenbrakel (French: Braine-le-Comte) is a city and municipality in the province of Hainaut in Belgium. The city has over 20,000 inhabitants. The district of Ronquières is famous for its sloping surface. Other boroughs are Hennuyères, Henripont, Petit-Rœulx-lez-Braine and Steenkerke (Steenkerque). The World Fair of 1905 - Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège - was the World Fair held in Liège from April 27, 1905 to November 6. [1] The Bureau International des Expositions has retrospectively recognized the exhibition as the 15th universal world exhibition. This exhibition coincided with 75 years of Belgian independence and the 40 years that Leopold II sat on the throne. In addition, they also wanted to show the industrial influence of the city of Liège. Jean-Pierre Radoux wrote the opening music together with Jules Sauvenière who provided the text and this resulted in Cantate pour l'inauguration de l'Exposition universelle de Liège, 1905 A total of 29 countries participated. 'Europe': Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland 'Africa': Egypt and Congo America: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, and United States 'Asia': China, Japan, Persia and Turkey In addition, Germany and Spain did not officially participate. Number of visitors: 7 million Surface: 52 ares Turnover: 75117 Belgian francs The Palais de Beaux Arts (Palace of Fine Arts) is a remnant of the World Fair that was donated to the city. The Museum of modern and contemporary art is currently located there.
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