Centre Georges Pompidou also known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area
of the 4th arrondissement
of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style
of high-tech architecture.
It houses the Bibliothèque publique d'information, a vast public library, the Musée National d'Art Moderne which is the largest museum for modern art in Europe, and IRCAM, a centre for music and acoustic research. Because
of its location, the Centre is known locally as the Beaubourg . It is named after Georges Pompidou, the President
of France from 1969 to 1974 who decided its creation, and was
officially opened on 31 January 1977 by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The Centre Pompidou has had over 150 million visitors since 1977.
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Jacques Combet-eng
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