Hill of Hermitage no longer threatened by TV aerial

 Hill of Hermitage (John Livingstone-Learmonth)

The battle to stop the building of a large TV antenna appears to have been won as the French government has stepped in saying that the hill needs to be preserved as part of the national heritage. 

Belatedly relayed message from Vincent Pousson: 

'C'est une excellente nouvelle qui vient d'arriver de Paris, du Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie et que relate ce matin Le Dauphiné Libéré: on ne pourra pas défigurer la célèbre colline de l'Hermitage. Le projet d'antenne de télédiffusion dont nous avons beaucoup parlé au début de l'été est ajourné, pour un an au moins, le temps que soit examiné le dossier de classement de ce site viticole et historique remarquable au patrimoine national. C'est-à-dire qu'il est enterré…'
La suite ici:
http://ideesliquidesetsolides.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/la-victoire-des-vignerons-de-lhermitage.html

Also from Jancis Robinson MW:

'24 Oct - The French authorities have, arguably not before time, declared that the hill of Hermitage should probably be considered a historic monument and that therefore no one should be allowed to do anything on it for at least a year. The locals believe that this will give them time to establish the hill definitively as classified and protected and therefore free from housing antennae. Result.