The House of birth Charles de Gaulle - Lille is a house-museum in Lille. It is the birthplace of the French general Charles de Gaulle, a fundamental figure in the recent history of France. It is the house of General Charles de Gaulle's maternal grandparents, where he was born, on November 22, 1980. Throughout his childhood and youth, the house was an important point of reference for him, so much so that in 1947 the purchase. Became a museum in 1983, the house allows you to follow the military and political itinerary of Charles de Gaulle and to understand, also through multimedia interaction tools, the various stages of the general's life, his origins, his childhood and his education , his attachment to the region (where he conducted his military service and where he chose to get married). Inside the various ancient rooms of the house, there are objects of various kinds, such as family memories, portraits, personal objects of the General and his family. The house welcomes around 20,000 visitors every year. Regular temporary exhibitions are also organized.