France's President Jacques Chirac looks at an architect's model of the Centre Pompidou-Metz as he attends a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris Jan. 31, 2007. 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 Photo) Photo Gallery>>>