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Millau
Millau is one of the most dynamic towns between Gascony and the Lyonnais region. Millau’s prosperity was founded long ago on transforming sheep skins into a non perishable product and glove making which collapsed in the early sixties. Millau became a truly industrial centre for the production of sigillated pottery with up to six hundred workshops exporting its products throughout the Roman Empire and as fas as India.
Gorges du Tarn and the Grand Causses which acts as a playground for numerous sporting activities located at the confluence of the Tarn and the Dourbie river is one of the famous places to visit as Millau itself acts as an intenational center for handgliding and parapente. Created by British architect Norman Foster the Viaduct de Millau which offers fantastic views of the highest bridge in the world is worth a visit. One of the best museum in the city of Millau is the Millau Museum set in the lovely classical Hotel de Pegayrolles on Place Foch contains the pottery and a rich fossil collection, the other museums are the Musee Denys Puech containing works by the sculptor Denys Peuch and other local artists, and the Musee Fenaille in the oldest mansion in Rodez this museum is dedicated to prehistory with some interesting menhir statues from the Aveyron.
Accommodation in the city of Millau ranges from hotels, hostels, campsite, motels, town houses, guest houses and resorts easily found in and around the city and are reasonably priced.
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