Monument to George Pompidou

Near the Palace of Festivals in Cannes is an esplanade. Georges Pompidou overlooking the Croisette Gardens. Here, on the embankment of the Croisette, there is a monument in honor of French President Georges Pompidou. Georges Pompidou was a famous French statesman. In 1962-1968 he headed the Government, in the period from 1969 to 1974 he served as President of the Fifth Republic, was the leader of the right (Gollistists). The period of his premiership and presidency was marked for France by a rapid economic recovery and technical modernization, as well as the development of pan-European structures. In addition to great political successes, Pompidou was a specialist in literature, a teacher of literature and a great connoisseur and connoisseur of art, as well as a compiler of an anthology of French poetry. He founded the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, later named after him.