{"id":1164,"date":"2015-05-24T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T12:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expo98.dev2.shareit.dev\/curiosidades-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T17:12:32","slug":"fun-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melialisboaoriente.com\/memorias-expo\/en\/fun-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Expo\u201998 Sound bites <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May to 30<sup>th<\/sup> September 1998, Lisbon was the world\u2019s stage. In a real party mood, 160 countries and organisations took part in this great event which promoted the oceans and innovations. There were 132 days of entertainment, discovery, enthusiasm and sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the most unforgettable moments, quotes which summed up the atmosphere and left a trail of optimism, and picturesque occasions, \u2026 Expo \u201998 was all of this. And so much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dix it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA meeting place for all people of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Jorge Sampaio, then the President of the Republic<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left behind the black and white nation of dictators. Now it is the image of a different Portugal which is splashed across the covers and headlines of newspapers all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>C\u00e1ceres Monteiro, a journalist and one of the founders of <\/em>Vis\u00e3o<em> magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA way for Portugal to tell the world that its work, as big as its dreams, is always, within itself, the imperial time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Eduardo Louren\u00e7o, Portuguese professor, philosopher and thinker <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expo\u201998 is a \u201ccelebration of the democratic regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many Portuguese, experiencing this exposition is to open an encyclopaedia for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ant\u00f3nio Mega Ferreira, the \u201cfather\u201d of Expo\u201998<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lisbon exposition \u201cis much better than the one in Seville.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Juan Carlos, then the king of Spain <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u201cYou just have to look around at everything to see the intelligence, work and organisation which were required to transform what used to be a decrepit part of the city into this admirable microcosm of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Ole Philipson, president of the Bureau International des Exp\u00f3sitions <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dress rehearsal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the dress rehearsal were distributed chiefly to inhabitants of the neighbourhoods surrounding the construction site at Chelas, as a way of making up for the inconvenience caused during the construction of the exposition venue and infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staying overnight at Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was then the hotel Meli\u00e1 Confort Oriente \u2013 today the hotel Meli\u00e1 Lisboa Oriente \u2013 was the only hotel located in the vicinity of the Exposition. Standing right next to the Oriente Station, the hotel was the perfect place from which to enjoy Expo\u201998, by day and by night, even after the exposition venue\u2019s doors had closed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telephone booths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a time when mobile phones were cumbersome, heavy and expensive, the company then called Portugal Telecom placed around 3,700 public telephones within the Expo precinct. And guaranteed that only one could be out of order at any one time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To recall at a later date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The oceans, the 500<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the discovery of the sea route to India and Lisbon, the capital of the Atlantic, provided the motto for three collections of stamps launched by the post office for Expo\u201998.<\/p>\n<p>There were 30 postal shops within the Exposition precinct, and any letters sent from these shops bore their own special post code: 1998 Lisboa Expo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right near the end of the Expo, on 21<sup>st<\/sup> September, a child was christened within the precinct: Renato Jos\u00e9, who was born in Ermesinde. His parents had written a letter to the Commissary of Expo\u201998 to express their wish. The christening was performed in the Holy See Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D\u2019oh!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quite a few of the 10 million visitors to Expo\u201998 decided to be \u201cinnovative\u201d and come up with their own names for places and attractions. There were some true gems collected by Expo workers, which were made into a booklet entitled \u201cWhat you never imagined you would hear \u2013 the phenomenon of the paranormal visitor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fishodrome\/ Fisharium\/ Oceanatic = Oceanarium<\/p>\n<p>Stratospheric \/ Peripheric \/ Little baskets \/ Bowls = Cable Car<\/p>\n<p>Toby\u2019s Pavilion \/ Myopia Pavilion = Utopia Pavilion<\/p>\n<p>Algae and Matrix\/ Aqua my Tricks\/ Asterix = Acqua Matrix<\/p>\n<p>Sexual Reality Pavilion\/ Spiritual Reality \/ Virtual Virtue = Virtual Reality Pavilion<\/p>\n<p>Sonia Plaza = Sony Plaza<\/p>\n<p>Where are the swimming babies?\/Where\u2019s the baby aquarium? = question often asked as a result of the Expo\u201998 promotional advertisement featuring babies swimming<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s get stamping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was like child\u2019s play, but in fact both adults and children would visit the different pavilions of the Lisbon Exposition passport in hand: everyone wanted to collect as many stamps as possible. A very special passport, brimming with memories.<\/p>\n<p>This passport was the inspiration for the hotel Meli\u00e1 Lisboa Oriente which, in tribute to Expo\u201998, created a giant panel with stamps placed in the hotel restaurant area. A journey in time. And around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visitor no. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomas Ko, from Timor and at the time having lived in Portugal for 22 years, was the first visitor let into the Expo\u201998 precinct.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the Exposition, the weekly newspaper <em>Expresso<\/em> revealed the results of a survey of Portuguese regarding Expo\u201998:<\/p>\n<p>51.3% visited Expo<\/p>\n<p>Most popular pavilions: Utopia (47.2%), Oceanarium (40%) and Future (35.5%)<\/p>\n<p>89.7% assessed Expo\u201998 as very good<\/p>\n<p>Just 22.8% would like to live in the former Exposition precinct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expo\u201998 Sound bites &nbsp; From 22nd May to 30th September 1998, Lisbon was the world\u2019s stage. 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