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Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair

The Farroupilha Revolution centennial fair was held in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to mark 100 years since the Farroupilha Revolution.

Organisation
A general commission for the fair was established on 11 June 1934 and included , Dário Brossard representing FARSUL (Federação da Agricultura do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul), as secretary and Mário de Oliveira as secretary general. The fair was opened on 20 September 1935 and closed 15 January 1936. During its operation it received around 1 million visitors. ==Location==
Location
Alfredo Agache under direction from the mayor Alberto Bins had already proposed changes to the Redenção Park including landscaping, addition of a central road and a lake which were realised when the fair was planned. The park was renamed to Farroupilha Park the day before the fair opened, ==Buildings==
Buildings
State buildings Some Brazilian states had their own pavilions: Pernambuco (designed by Luiz Nunes), São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Pará and Amazonas (shared), Minas Gerais Pavilion and the Federal District (then Rio de Janeiro). and were dismantled in 1939, ==Other buildings==
Other buildings
There were theme pavilions: agriculture, foreign industries and railway companies, as well as buildings for entertainment: a casino, restaurant and coffee bar. The foreign industries pavilion occupied and had 177 exhibitors whilst Rio Grande de Sol's own industrial pavilion took and had 905 exhibitors. ==Amusement park==
Amusement park
There was an amusement park with a rowing lake (the dock of which was retained and in use as a cafe in 2010), a Lotto pavilion, tobogganing and a rollercoaster. ==Commemoration==
Commemoration
A set of four postage stamps were produced to mark the fair. ==References==
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