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(詳細はInternational and Universal Exposition featured 90 pavilions representing Man and His World, on a theme derived from Terre des Hommes, written by the famous French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The exposition displayed many nations, corporations, industries, technologies, social themes, religions and designs, including the U.S. pavilion, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller. Expo 67 also featured Habitat 67, an urban modular housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose units were purchased by private Montrealers after the fair was concluded, and is still occupied today. The most popular display of the exposition was the soaring Soviet Union pavilion which attracted about 13 million visitors.〔 〕 Rounding out the top five pavilions (by attendance) were: Canada (11 million visitors), the United States (9 million), France (8.5 million), and Czechoslovakia (8 million).〔 The participating countries were: * Africa: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, and Upper Volta; * Asia: Burma, Ceylon, China (Taiwan), Korea, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Thailand and the United Arab Republic; * Australia; * Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the USSR, and Yugoslavia; * South America & Caribbean: Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela; * North America: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Absent countries included the People's Republic of China, Spain, South Africa (banned from BIE-sanctioned events due to its apartheid policy), and many countries of South America. == National pavilions == (From the ''Official Guide of Expo 67'') * Canadian Pavilion - The distinctive building in the form of a large inverted pyramid called ''the Katimavik'', which is the Inuit word for "Gathering Place". The pavilion was located on a 30,285 sq metre lot and designed by Roderick Robbie, Colin Vaughan, Paul Schoeler and Matt Stankiewicz, with consulting architects Evans St. Gelais and Arthur Erickson. The major attractions in the building included a rotating cinema. * Africa Place- Countries represented: Cameroon; Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo; Gabon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Niger; Rwanda; Senegal; Tanzania;Uganda. * Arab Countries - Countries represented: Algeria; Kuwait; Morocco; United Arab Republic(Egypt). * Australia - Australia's Pavilion featured a large lounge area with prominent Australian oil paintings and seat-activated audio chairs that gave commentary in either French or English on a variety of Australian topics. There was also a static tropical coral display representing the Great Barrier Reef, and a kangaroo enclosure. * Belgium * Britain * Burma * Ceylon * China * Cuba * Czechoslovakia - featuring the world's first interactive movie, ''Kinoautomat'', directed by Radúz Činčera. * Ethiopia * European Community * France * Greece * Guyane - Barbados * Haiti * India * Iran * Israel by Arieh Sharon * Italy * Japan * Korea * Mauritius * Mexico * Monaco * Netherlands * Scandinavia- Countries represented: Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden. * Switzerland * Thailand * Trinidad and Tobago * Tunisia * Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion(USSR) - now stands at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre in Moscow. * United States of America Pavilion - designed by Buckminster Fuller, the pavilion was one of the most popular with over 5 million visits. The building was distinguished by its large 20 story geodesic dome with an acrylic skin (which caught fire and melted away in 1976). The site minirail train passed through the building. Designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, the six levels of exhibits, connected by escalators, were based on the theme of: "Creative America - the positive use of creative energy". The exhibits included everything from American Folk Art and Elvis Presley's guitar to NASA’s Apollo Space Capsule and Lunar Excursion Module. But not everyone liked the pavilion including U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson who (after a brief visit) was alleged to have said "the homosexuals have had carte blanche!" in reference to the design and content of the displays. * Venezuela * West Germany (FRG) - Designed by Frei Otto, who also worked on the design of the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000 * Yugoslavia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Expo 67 pavilions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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