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Millau (mēyō`), town (1990 pop. 22,458), Aveyron dept., S France, on the Tarn River. The center of the French glove industry, the town also has tanning and dyeing industries. Near Millau the Tarn is crossed by the world's highest road bridge (1,125 ft/343 m high, 8,071 ft/2,460 m long), the cable-stayed, multispan, steel Millau Viaduct, designed by Lord Norman Foster Foster, Norman Robert, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, 1935–, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A., 1962). ..... Click the link for more information. and completed in 2004. At the nearby village of Roquefort, the famous cheese is manufactured from sheep's milk. Millau was a Huguenot Huguenots (hy  `gənŏts), French Protestants, followers of John Calvin ...... Click the link for more information. stronghold in the 16th cent. Points of interest include Gallo-Roman ruins, a 16th-century church, and a belfry (partly from the 11th cent.). |
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With the beginning of autumn approaching, chef Kathi Fassler of the Hotel Hof Weissbad and holder of 15 Gault Millau points, presents the delights of Appenzell cuisine to Swiss passengers travelling in first and business class on long-haul flights from Switzerland (and on selected inbound flights) and in business class on longer flights within Europe. It is true that the Millau Viaduct is there but, having carelessly clicked out of it, it took me half an hour to find it again--via another site--the German side of www. 3 Jose Bove, Millau, France, discussion with author, 19 April 2002; Suzanne Daley, "French Farmer Is Sentenced to Jail for Attack on McDonald's", The New York Times, 14 September 2000; and "French Farmer Jose Bove Rides Tractor to Jail", Reuters, 19 June 2002. |
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