French president Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) on a 500 euro banknote/souvenir at the Charles de Gaulle Memorial in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France
The Charles-de-Gaulle memorial is a monument located in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises in Haute-Marne. Retracing, through the person of Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), the great historical events of the 20th century, it was produced by the Charles-de-Gaulle Foundation and the General Council of Haute-Marne at a cost of 22 million euros. It replaces the General de Gaulle memorial inaugurated on June 18, 1972, which until then housed a small exhibition and controlled access to the monumental cross of Lorraine. Officially launched by the President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac on November 9, 2006, the Charles-de-Gaulle memorial and its temporary exhibition De Gaulle-Adenauer: Franco-German reconciliation were inaugurated on October 11, 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy and the Chancellor Angela Merkel, just fifty years after the historic meeting at La Boisserie between the General and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
Size: 5760px × 3744px
Location: Memorial Charles de Gaulle, 52330 Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, Haute-Marne, France, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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