Millau Viaduct
A cable stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the Tarn valley near Millau, designed by the engineer Michel Virlogeux and the architect Norman Foster. With a structural height of 343 metres it held the title of the world's tallest bridge for two decades, its masts often rising above the morning cloud.
- Where
- Millau, Occitanie, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 44.0803, 3.0225
Get the Millau Viaduct stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Millau Viaduct. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Occitanie volume with your photos and a note.
Near Millau Viaduct
Albi Cathedral 72 km
A red brick cathedral begun in 1282, after the Albigensian Crusade, and built over two hundred years; from outside it looks like a fortress. Inside, walls painted in blues and golds and an ornate carved choir screen make a lavish contrast, and it is said to be the largest brick building in the world.
Maison Carrée 110 km
One of the best preserved Roman temples anywhere, built in the age of Augustus in the centre of Nîmes for the imperial cult. Its Corinthian columns stand on a high podium, facing the glass Carré d'Art designed by Norman Foster across the square.
Arena of Nîmes 110 km
A Roman amphitheatre built around 100 AD, some twenty years after the Colosseum, and among the best preserved in the world. Its two storeys of sixty arcades once held 24,000 spectators, and today it hosts concerts and bullfights.
Cité de Carcassonne 111 km
A walled medieval citadel on a hill above the river Aude, with two rings of ramparts and dozens of towers. Restored in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, who gave many towers their pointed roofs, it holds a small town of lanes, a castle and a basilica inside the walls.
Pont d'Arc 116 km
A great natural limestone arch spanning the Ardèche river, 5 kilometres from Vallon-Pont-d'Arc at the start of the Ardèche gorges. Canoes pass beneath it in summer, and it has been a protected natural site since 1931.
Chauvet Cave 116 km
A cave in a limestone cliff above the old bed of the Ardèche, holding some of the best preserved figurative paintings in the world: lions, horses and rhinoceroses from the Upper Paleolithic. The cave itself is closed to protect it, and a full scale replica nearby shows the art.
Pont du Gard 122 km
A Roman aqueduct bridge built in the 1st century AD to carry water across the Gardon river to the city of Nîmes. Its three tiers of stone arches rise about 50 metres, making it the tallest Roman aqueduct bridge to survive and one of the best preserved.
Gouffre de Padirac 133 km
A great chasm in the limestone near Gramat, opening onto an underground river. Visitors go down by stairs and lifts into the pit, then travel by boat through galleries of rock deep below the surface.
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Questions
Where is Millau Viaduct?
Millau Viaduct is in Millau, Occitanie, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Albi Cathedral (72 km), Maison Carrée (110 km), Arena of Nîmes (110 km).
How do I get the Millau Viaduct stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Millau Viaduct and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Occitanie volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Millau Viaduct before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Occitanie volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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