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Two Thousand
Years of
Bridges
Pont du
Gard to La
Couvertoirade
Highlights
• Roman aqueduct
Marvel at the 2,000-year-old Pont du
Gard stretching across the Gardon river
• Dense wilderness
Explore some of the thickest forests of
France in the Cévennes
• Dramatic gorges
Stop and admire the plunging gorges
of the Tarn
• Modern bridge
Wonder at the Viaduc de Millau,
a 21st-century triumph of art
and engineering
Viaduc de Millau, one of the greatest
achievements of modern architecture
