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	Centre Georges Pompidou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Centre Georges Pompidou (constructed 1971–1977 and known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a building in the Beaubourg area of the IVe arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais.
		The Place Georges Pompidou in front of the museum is noted for the presence of street performers such as mimes and jugglers.
		The Centre is named after Georges Pompidou, who was president of France from 1969 to 1974, and was opened on January 31, 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou (410 words)

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		The Centre Georges Pompidou is a building in the Beaubourg area of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais.
		The structure is very distinctive: it has been described by critics as "an oil refinery in the centre of the city".
		The Centre is named after Georges Pompidou, who was president of France from 1969 to 1974, and was opened in 1977.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/c/ce/centre_georges_pompidou.html (238 words)

	Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.
		Centre Georges Pompidou is a steel and glass construction.
		It was erected between 1972 and 1978 during the presidency of Georges Pompidou.
		The colourful hustle and bustle on the square in front of the Centre is an attraction in itself during the summer months: young backpackers from all over the globe exchange their experiences, lovers of the arts take a rest from a tiring visit to the museum, and street musicians and acrobats entertain the crowds.
	www.lodging-france.com /paris-info/paris-highcentrepompidou.htm (268 words)

	Georges Pompidou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911 – April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974.
		Prime Minister Pompidou was widely regarded as having been responsible for the peaceful resolution of the student demonstrations of May 1968.
		Georges Pompidou had one foster son, Alain Pompidou, now president of the European Patent Office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georges_Pompidou (916 words)

	Le Centre Georges Pompidou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Le président Pompidou a choisit Piano et Rogers qui a proposé un bâtiment dans l’esprit d’architecture libre et hi-tech (Yarwood, 1991).
		Le Centre Georges Pompidou est identifié par son image d’une structure avec ses gaines exposées et des effets technologiques et contemporaines.
		Au début, Le Centre Pompidou était anxieux d’attirer les visiteurs et par conséquence, il est ouvert jusqu’à 22 heurs (Le Centre Pompidou, 2005).
	www.trincoll.edu /~ereicher/le_centre_georges_pompidou.htm (560 words)

	Centre Georges Pompidou- Paris, France - VirtualTourist.com
		President Georges Pompidou declared in the year 1969, he wishes for Paris a culture centre, that is museum and place of inventive work at the same time.
		Centre d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou is the official name of this very extraordinaire building in the centre of Paris.
		The Centre Pompidou immediately was a point of discussion among the people of Paris.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/France/Ile_de_France/Paris-99080/Things_To_Do-Paris-Centre_Georges_Pompidou-BR-1.html (1506 words)

	Beaubourg, Centre Georges Pompidou, Temple, Pompidou center
		It is the petrol factory-like Georges Pompidou Center that separates the popular but garish district of Les Halles and the Chic-issimo Marais.
		West of the Georges Pompidou Center you are connected with BIG city life, and the thousands of suburbanites who travel through the enormous, crowded Chatelet-Les Halles metro station.
		The area around the Georges Pompidou Center is also full of many cultural choices The St. Merry Church built in the 15th century is a beautiful example of gothic style, and offers free classical music concerts every Saturday evening at 8 p.m.
	www.parismarais.com /le-marais-guide/beaubourg-centre-pompidou-temple (947 words)

	Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With its 25,000 visitors a day, the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou is one of the most popular cultural sites in the world.
		Its glass and steel architecture by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, with its multicolored pipes, its walkways, and its famous escalator suspended along the outer wall, provides a striking contrast to its historic surroundings in the heart of Paris.
		The Centre Pompidou brings together under a single roof the Musée national d'art moderne-Centre de création industrielle (Mnam-Cci), the Bibliothèque publique d'information (Bpi), and the Institut de recherche acoustique/musique (Ircam).
	www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1102.html (125 words)

	Centre Pompidou Paintings - Big Painting Guide
		A digest on the Pompidou Center (Centre Pompidou) in Paris...
		and Marcella Lista "Sons and Lumieres" exhibition at the Centre Pompidou is the...
		Georges Pompidou is the man who mostly contributed to the creation of the National Center of Art and Culture.
	www.bigpaintingguide.com /centre-pompidou-paintings.html (677 words)

	Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg), Paris
		This is the story of how France's famed cultural icon, one of the most controversial and supremely public buildings of the century, was designed and built.
		A realization of ideals and aspirations of its architectural generation, a rethinking of fundamental precepts of design and construction, it took nothing for granted, and it has since become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Europe -- flaunting new principles that other architects have to come to terms with.
		President Pompidou conceived (1969) the idea for Beaubourg, as the center is also known, to bring art and culture to the "man in the street".
	www.discoverfrance.net /France/Paris/Museums-Paris/Beaubourg.shtml (589 words)

	GrgPmpdCntr.html
		The role for the Centre Georges Pompidou is as a national centre of the arts, but includes many other uses such as a restaurant, office and library.
		Each plane assembly basically works on a post and beam principle (trusses are simply supported), maintaining a visual focus on the annotation of the compression (columns), tension (ties) and bending (trusses) elements.
		To prevent rotation of the wall, there is a reliance on friction with the foundations and a continuity between the wall and the basement floor slab.
	www.arch.usyd.edu.au /kcdc/caut/html/Pomp/GPC.htm (456 words)

	Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond POMPIDOU, GEORGES JEAN RAYMOND [Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond], 1911-74.
		Georges Pompidou taught school and then served in World War II until the fall (1940) of France, when he returned to teaching.
		Look up Pompidou, Georges Jean Raymond on HighBeam Research.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/10390.html (134 words)

	Guggenheim Museum - Press Office - Rendezvous: Masterpieces from the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums
		Rendezvous: Masterpieces from Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums is organized by Bernard Blisténe, Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Art, Centre Georges Pompidou; and Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
		When the Pompidou reopens in 2000, it is unlikely that such an ensemble of the masterpieces from its core collection will be presented outside Paris again.
		A free guidebook, which uses objects in the exhibition Rendezvous: Masterpieces from Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums to reinforce school curriculum areas such as French, history, art, and social studies, is distributed free of charge to all New York City public schools.
	www.guggenheim.org /press_releases/release_77.html (2022 words)

	ligne 1 : musees >> centre georges pompidou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the middle of historical Paris, surrounded by typical French cafés with miniature chairs and buildings centuries old, stands le Centre Georges Pompidou, a convoluted, inside-out, tubular mass of colors and glass, an example of modernity and efficiency.
		Since its opening in 1977, Centre Pompidou has become not only the contemporary center of Paris, but a place where everyone can come together to access all culture and all forms of art as freely as possible.
		Its exterior consists of all the structural elements and the circulation system and pipes, even the escalators, leaving the whole interior as a space for its impressive two story art collection, its public library, its music library, and its constantly new forms of live performance.
	web.mit.edu /jsf/2004/pompidou.html (167 words)

	Centre Georges Pompidou - Museums International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		When I fancy a change of scenery in Paris I often find myself gravitating towards the Pompidou Centre as amongst all of those classic old building and great cathedrals the design of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers stands out as something a bit different.
		With all the pipe work and escalators on the outside of the building the idea was to make the whole gallery as an open...
		The Pompidou centre is certainly a very stunning building- it's woth going in if just for the view from the panorama at the top, although you have to pay for that.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /museums-international/centre-georges-pompidou (249 words)

	Jetsetting.net / Georges (Centre Pompidou) - Paris - Restaurants (Review)
		Some might say that the best way to view the Centre Pompidou is from six flights up, atop the centre itself, in the restaurant Georges.
		First time visitors should use the escalators to get a feel for the centre, while returning clientele should opt for the special elevator just to the left of the main plaza entrance.
		She did acknwoledge that the service was already included (fine), but also indicated that their waiters are encouraged to invite foreign tourists to leave a(n) additional tip since this is the way it is in other countries, especially in the US.
	www.jetsetting.net /article.php?sid=76 (1954 words)

	Beaubourg Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris Hotel Busget
		The Pompidou Center, better known as Beaubourg, is still one of Paris most touristic places and one of the world most visited museums.
		But George pompidou Center isn't just an art gallery: it also holds a library, a graphic laboratory, a video library, an architectural and design collections, a industrial creation center, an institute specialized in experimenting sounds and music and the reconstruction of the great sculptor Constantin Brancusi's atelier.
		The most amazing side of the Pompidou Center, its true secret, is its huge room where everybody can wander about without getting bored, as if it were a colourful amusement park.
	www.paris-hotel-budget.com /fiche/beaubourg.html (437 words)

	European Travel
		This spacious and convivial art centre, in the heart of historic Paris, houses under one roof all forms of modern and contemporary art.
		The centre has had its first major face-lift and been completely refurbished inside; its main asset, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, reached by the external escalator, gained extra exhibition space in the process.
		The centre also houses a library, the Institute for Acoustic and Musical Research, the Centre for Industrial Creation, a large exhibition hall, a children's workshop and a reconstruction of Brancusi's workshop.
	ww2.aaa.com /eurotourbook/Pariet1.html (263 words)

	International Center of Photography, Man Ray
		The first biography about Man Ray was written in 1930 by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and in 1934, James Thrall Soby published Man Ray Photographs, 1920–Paris 1934, the first “retrospective” of the artist’s oeuvre.
		He was given several exhibitions and reached the height of fame in the mid-1930s, especially due to the appearance of his photographs in Harper’s Bazaar.
		This exhibition, organized by the Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, is drawn from the Man Ray archives donated to its collections in 1994.
	museum.icp.org /museum/exhibitions/man_ray/mr_bio.html (617 words)

	Paris Mysterious : Centre Georges Pompidou Museum Art Modern Beaubourg
		The Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou is a giant, futuristic arts center located in the Beaubourg {boh-boor'} district of Paris.
		Considerable controversy arose over the assertive industrial style of the Pompidou Center, whose bold "exo-skeletal" architecture contrasts violently with surrounding houses in the heart of an old section of Paris near the Hôtel de Ville.
		The Beaubourg Plaza in front of the Centre remains a very animated area: its jugglers, mimes and humorists from all over Europe continuously attract a crowd.
	www.parisbestlodge.com /mysteriousmaraisbeaubourg.html (453 words)

	Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		Le Centre Georges Pompidou is only 5 minutes away from Chatelet metro station.
		The Pompidou Center (Centre Pompidou in French) is one of the most spectacular buildings of Paris.
		Centre Georges Pompidou: The Pomidou Center is a must...
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/France/Ile_de_France/Paris-99080/General_Tips-Paris-Centre_Georges_Pompidou-R-2.html (684 words)

	KQED Food Blog: Bay Area Bites: Restaurant Georges au Centre Pompidou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Known as the inside-out building, the Centre Pompidou at the time it was built was hailed as both a marvel and a catastrophe (pronounced cat-a-STROF) when it first opened its doors in 1977.
		The dream of then President Georges Pompidou, he commissioned a "cultural institution in the heart of Paris completely focused on modern and contemporary creation, where the visual arts would rub shoulders with theatre, music, cinema, literature and the spoken word".
		The Pompidou is home to the leading collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe with approximately 6 million visitors a year and over 150 million visitors since it first opened its doors.
	www.kqed.org /weblog/food/2006/01/restaurant-georges-au-centre-pompidou.jsp (1363 words)

	Rendezvous Timeline
		The collections of the state-run museums in Paris are recon-figured: the holdings of the Centre national d'art contemporain are merged with those of the MNAM to strengthen the latter's collection of contemporary art, and its pre-Fauve works are reallocated to the museum that eventually becomes the Musée
		The MNAM becomes one part of the Centre Georges Pompidou, the world's first interdisciplinary museum facility.
		The MNAM merges with the Centre de création industrielle, and the institution begins to acquire a design and architecture collection.
	www.guggenheim.org /exhibitions/past_exhibitions/rendezvous/timeline.html (694 words)

	Paris - Centre George Pompidou
		he cultural and artistic center named after Georges Pompidou, built in the old Beaubourg area, has sparked many a lively debate about its daring and strange architecture (designed by architects Rogers, Piano and Franchini).
		The number of people who visit the building daily is astounding, and for many years it was the most visited museum in Paris.
		(This honor was only very recently returned to the Louvre.) The Pompidou Center is the home of, among other things, the National Museum of Modern Art, a masterful and diverse collection of works from many modern schools.
	www.pariserve.tm.fr /English/paris/LesHalles/pompidou.htm (184 words)

	Vitruvio.ch - Centre Georges Pompidou, Beaubourg (Paris, France - Parigi, Francia)
		Centre Georges Pompidou Centre Georges Pompidou Vingt ans de culture pour tous Dans un an, les amoureux de l'art devront vivre avec un manque : après...
		Centre Pompidou (Richard Rogers & Renzo Piano) - Architecture of Paris, France
		The design for the Centre Nationale d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou was selected after a competition in 1971.
	www.vitruvio.ch /arc/contemporary/1946-2000/centrepompidou.php (350 words)

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