Photos of Royal Exhibition Building

The Royal Exhibition Building is a building in Australia inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The pavilion was designed and built for the various international exhibitions held in Melbourne from 1880 to 1888. 1. Architectural style The overall style of the Royal Exhibition Hall belongs to Byzantine style and incorporates architectural elements of the Italian Renaissance. Its dazzling period was before 1915, when more than 50 major international exhibitions from Paris, New York, Vienna, Jamaica, Chile and other countries were held here. In 1901, after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia, the first federal meeting of Melbourne, the provisional capital, was held at the Royal Exhibition Hall. Later, the Federal Parliament was held in the Victorian Parliament Building, and the State Parliament was held in the exhibition hall. During the Spanish flu outbreak in Australia in 1918 and during World War I, the Royal Exhibition Hall was used as a makeshift hospital. In the 1960s, the age-eroded Royal Exhibitions became increasingly dilapidated, and many suggested that it should be demolished. Legacy is preserved. 2. More than 100 years after the Melbourne Museum, the parking lot of the Royal Exhibition Hall was built into the Melbourne Museum. As a late 20th century urban architectural masterpiece, the Melbourne Museum does not surpass the old Royal Exhibition Hall in height. This shows that Australia still has a deep awe for the monumental building of the Royal Exhibition Hall today.