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Originally Posted by Acajack
In other countries, well of course there is Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris.
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Charles de Gaulle died in 1970, that's one of the reason why the airport (which opened in 1974) has its name.
We also gave the name Charles de Gaulle to the Etoile square where is located the Arc de Triomphe west of the Champs Elysées.
There are many places named after former presidents in France, among the most famous.
-Centre Georges Pompidou
Famous modern art center
It opened in 1977, Pompidou died in 1974 during its mandate.
-Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
French national Library
It was inaugurated in 1995, Mitterrand died in 1996
-Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
A museum featuring the indigenous art and cultures near teh Eiffel tower. [While it opened in 2006, it only receive the name Jacques Chirac recently just before his death.
The only president that doesn't have its name attached to its massive cultural project is Valery Giscard D'Estaing.
Musée d'Oray is not called Musée Giscard D'Estaing and I think it will never be.
It opened in 1988 7 years after its mandate.
He was a rather young president when he was elected in 1974 and he is still alive while his two next successors (Mitterand and Chirac) are dead.
Sarkozy , Hollande and Macron are what I would call the next generation of the sense they didn't have any large cultural visible projet.
Sarkozy did launch a massive project but it's a massive subway expansion (Grand Paris Express) and he was wasn't anymore President when the work started.