Le Mareorama, Société du ''Maréorama Hugo d'Alési'' Panorama Mobile

Founder Share to bearer issued in Paris in 1899, designed by Jean Malvaux. Illustrated with 2 women and a kid watching the Vesuv.

During the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, three attractions with original special effects were presented. They simulate extraordinary journeys.

A patent was filed in 1894 by Hugo d'Alési. The "Maréorama", imagined by the painter Hugo d'Alési (1849-1906), reconstructs a boat trip from Nice to Constantinople via Venice.

Alési spent a year traveling to draw all the stages of this journey in a series of notebooks. On his return, he hired ten painters who reproduced his landscapes on two canvas screens 13 meters high and 825 meters long. Each of these panoramas is rolled up on a "debtor" cylinder and a "receiver" cylinder. One is placed to the left of the ship's bridge setting where the spectators are, and the other to the right. When the trip begins, the giant cylinders turn slowly and unroll the two panoramas on each side of the boat. The junction of the two debtor and receiver cylinders is cleverly masked by stretched sails, at the front and at the rear.

Visitors seated on the deck of a boat feel like they are cruising the Mediterranean. The gangway is made to pitch using hydraulic cylinders. Fans simulate the sea breeze while a crew of extras help set the mood of a real cruise. The "Maréorama" panorama has a great success!

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