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France's President Jacques Chirac
(Centre, L) and Claude Pompidou (Centre, R) look at an architect's model
of the Centre Pompidou-Metz as they attend a ceremony to mark the 30th
anniversary of Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris January 31,
2007. With Chirac are the Mayor of Metz Jean-Marie Rauch (L) and the
director of the Centre Pompidou Bruno Racine (2nd L). The Pompidou centre,
commonly known as 'Beaubourg', a stark, modernist structure of glass and
external struts and pipes in central Paris, celebrates its 30th
anniversary having overcome early opposition to become one of the French
capital's most popular buildings.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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The Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The French capital's landmark cultural venue marked 30 successful years,
with the country's President Jacques Chirac hailing its groundbreaking
cultural role.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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