Mythical Giants Names
French President Georges Pompidou dreamed of a vast cultural center – a museum and an art school comprising plastic arts and music movies, books and audiovisual research. In 1969 architects from 49 countries participated in an architectural competition. 680 projects were presented. The competition was won by Italian architect Renzo Piano and the British architect couple Richard Rogers and Sue Rogers. Works to build the center has taken 5 years and ended in 1977.
"The European house of culture", "the artistic cathedral", "The supermarket cultural, "" a eclectostation "," Pompidoulium "- there are many words in the French press called the new center with. An Unusual Construction symbolized the central object – the culture of "mass production" and spreading.
Unlike the traditional architecture can see the borough IV, the building impresses by its forms of avant-garde and scales. Its 42 meters high, 166 meters long and 60 meters wide. It has eight floors, including three underground. Leave space within the building, all communication systems are located outside. This looks fabulous: blue, green and yellow tubes, each with a different function.
Center Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg, or simply as people of corner call it, is one of the attractions of the city's most visited. The building houses a public library, the National Museum of Modern Art IRCAM – The Center for music and acoustic research conducted by Pierre Boulez, a library and art schools for children, cinema and conference rooms. The building was renovated in 1999-2000.
National Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Modern Art, shows a large collection of modern art from 1905 to present: paintings, sculpture, architecture, design, photography. There are works of great masters of 20th century (Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Duchamp, Miro, Giacometti).
Public Information Library is the largest library in France. It occupies the third and second floors of the center. 2 million books, language laboratories, audiovisual material, newspapers and magazines from different countries.
The main entrance of the center is located at Place Georges Pompidou. The facade of the building is crossed by a giant glass escalator, which brings you higher ground where so you can enjoy a splendid view over Paris: Tour Saint-Jacques, the tower of Notre-Dame .. and on the other side there Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
The square in front of the center is occupied by street actors, musicians and acrobats, as in medieval times. The district contains many art galleries, restaurants and souvenir shops also sells photo albums, postcards and CD.
North From the Center Georges Pompidou, there is the Quartier de l'Horloge (Clock Area) – A pedestrian area with art and craft stores. The objective Quarter is the giant clock that shows a soldier fighting a dragon and other mythical animals.
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