The International Colonial Exposition of nineteen thirty-one transformed the Bois de Vincennes into a sprawling display of French imperial reach. Visitors entered a world designed to showcase the diverse cultures and resources of France's colonial territories, promising them a tour of the globe in a single day. A massive, full-scale replica of the Angkor Wat temple stood as the centerpiece of the Indochina section, rising fifty-five meters above the parkland to project the grandeur of the French presence in Southeast Asia.
Paris Colonial Exposition
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