The Viaduct Millau is a beautiful object as well as a beautiful experience.

WSJ: A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds | Millau Viaduct | Masterpiece by Joseph Giovannini

Millau was infamous as one of France's worst traffic bottlenecks, clogged during the summer holiday migration between Paris and the Mediterranean.

WSJ: A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds | Millau Viaduct | Masterpiece by Joseph Giovannini

The Millau Viaduct is an unapologetic and very successful proof of its value system a Brancusi among bridges, reduced and streamlined to an essence.

WSJ: A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds | Millau Viaduct | Masterpiece by Joseph Giovannini

His supporters have again gathered in Millau, where they are scheduled to hold an open-air debate and screen a documentary about the events surrounding Mr Bove's trial.

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Arrested on August 19th during the trashing of the site for a new McDonald's in the Pyrenean town of Millau, he stole the headlines by refusing to go free on bail.

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"We were driven by the scale of the idea and a shared passion for the poetic dimension of engineering and its sculptural potential, " says Norman Foster in "Millau Viaduct, " a slim monograph on the bridge.

WSJ: A Concrete Ribbon Through the Clouds | Millau Viaduct | Masterpiece by Joseph Giovannini

The 35-seat Schwarzwaldstube has repeatedly been rated as one of the top restaurants in the world (most recently in 2009 by the British magazine, Restaurant), and holds 19.5 stars (out of 20) from Gault Millau, a French restaurant guide similar to Michelin.

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