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THE WORLB's FAIRS 
at the sametimea church, thegrand stand 
of a race course and a railway Station. 
It is in truth, a motley mixture of dif 
ferent styles of areliitecture, but striking 
in general appearance. 
The name Trocadero is undoubtedly 
derived from the Spanish word “trocar,” 
to harter. It was very likely originally 
given to the hill, on whicli the exhibition 
building bas been erected, in memory of 
the taking of fort Trocadero on the island 
of Löon, in front of Cadiz, by the French 
expedition ander the Dukeof Angouleme, 
sent to aid the Spanish Bourbons against 
the insurgents in 1823. Perhaps this fort 
had been built upon a site, which origi 
nally served for a place of harter, a 
market or fair, and thus the etymological 
meaning of the word renders its appli- 
cation to an exhibition building quite ap- 
propriate. 
The centre of the Trocadero palace is 
occnpied by an immense concert hall, “la 
salle des fetes,” which holds 5000 persons, 
and is probably the finest one in the 
world. 
The rest of the building, that is the 
wings, was devoted to retrospective art. 
A department we usually find in Museums 
or in special exhibitions, such as the 
art treasures exhibition at Manchester or