Birthplace Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle the noteworthy French general and one of the most popular leader of France was born on November 22nd 1890 in Lille at the residence of his maternal grandparents at 9 Rue Princesse.

Recorded as a Historic Monument, the house was purchased in 1967 by a group of companions of the General. Presently an exhibition hall, it reproduces the climate of a regular late nineteenth century home of the Northern French mechanical white collar class. The family souvenirs and individual belongings on display cradle, christening robe, Saint-Cyr sword, etc. are an indication of De Gaulle's more youthful days.

An as of late created sight and sound focus likewise thinks back over the considerable statesman's noteworthy work.