Despite personal links to the area, she is regarded as an outsider: her father, Jacques Delors, one-time head of the European Commission, is from the Massif Central.

ECONOMIST: Lille paints itself a shinier shade of red

In the context of the Massif Central and the Tarn Gorge, it is a colossal piece of land art that completes the landscape, arguably making it better, adding majesty to the serenity of the hillscape.

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