Expo 2015

The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) general assembly in Paris decided in favour of Milan on March 31, 2008.

[5][6][7] Expo 2015's theme was "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", encompassing technology, innovation, culture, traditions and creativity and how they relate to food and diet.

It is adjacent to the Fiera Milano fairgrounds, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, which may be considered the cornerstone of the area's urban redevelopment.

The fairgrounds and the Expo site were connected by a pedestrian bridge adjacent to the Rho-Pero high-speed rail station.

It was designed by a committee of four architects: Stefano Boeri, Richard Burdett, Mark Rylander and Jacques Herzog.

Additional elements included a large, excavated amphitheatre and a hill, one at each end of the boulevard; expo village facilities across the encircling canal from the site, and redevelopment of the post-office building as a centre for sustainable development.

The master plan for Expo 2015, coordinated by Stefano Boeri, was delivered to the BIE during its April 30, 2010 registration ceremony in Paris.

At Zimbabwe's pavilion, visitors could try burgers made from crocodile, zebra or python (named "crocoburger", "zebraburger" and "savanaburger" by their creator, consul Georges El Badaoui).

[134] In the Future Food District were packs of canned insects, common in Southeast Asia but prohibited in the European Union.

Italian chef Massimo Bottura and international colleagues created the Refettorio Ambrosiano, a gourmet soup kitchen using waste food from the fair.

[138] World Cup Expo, a football tournament of mixed teams composed of workers from individual pavilions (or clusters), was held during the event.

Large tree made of lights at night, surrounded by fountains
Albero della vita ( Tree of Life )
Logo including Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man drawing
Expo 2015 bid logo
Vertical banner on a city street at night
Expo 2015 logo in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan
Expo entrance, with a central statue of a man on a horse
Expo gate in Piazza Castello
Expo replica passport, with "visa stamps" by participants
Expo passport
Plane in flight
An Etihad Airbus A330 aircraft, A6-EYH, in Expo 2015 and Alitalia livery
Smoky fire on a city street during a demonstration
Protest in Milan on the exposition's first day