Saintonge

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former French province historic region

Saintonge is a historic coastal region in western France, centered around the town of Saintes and known for its Romanesque heritage and early production of cognac.

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Label Occurrences
Saintonge canonical 14

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French province ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
administrativeChange largely integrated into Charente-Maritime during the French Revolution ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
containsCity Cognac ⓘ
Pons ⓘ
Royan ⓘ
Saint-Jean-d’Angély ⓘ
Saintes ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature sculpted Romanesque church façades ⓘ
hasCenter Saintes ⓘ
hasClimate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCoastalArea Côte de Beauté ⓘ
hasCoastalTown Royan ⓘ
hasDialect Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ
surface form: Saintongeais
hasIslandNearby Île de Ré ⓘ
Île d’Oléron ⓘ
hasLandscape coastal marshes ⓘ
vine-covered hills ⓘ
hasRiver Charente ⓘ
Seudre ⓘ
hasRomanMonument Arch of Germanicus ⓘ
Roman amphitheatre of Saintes ⓘ
hasTownWithRomanRemains Saintes ⓘ
heritageStyle Romanesque architecture ⓘ
surface form: Saintonge Romanesque
historicalCapital Saintes ⓘ
historicalEconomy cognac trade ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Guyenne ⓘ
surface form: Province of Guyenne and Gascony
knownFor Romanesque churches ⓘ
Romanesque heritage ⓘ
early production of cognac ⓘ
oyster farming ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
vineyards ⓘ
languageRegion Poitevin-Saintongeais ⓘ
surface form: Saintongeais
locatedIn Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
Western France ⓘ
surface form: western France
notableBattle Battle of Saintes (1242) ⓘ
partOf Charente-Maritime ⓘ
religiousHeritage Romanesque abbeys ⓘ
pilgrimage churches on the Way of St. James ⓘ
subregionOf Cognac ⓘ
surface form: Cognac AOC area
traditionalLanguageGroup Oïl languages ⓘ
traditionalProduct Pineau des Charentes ⓘ
wasContestedBy Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
wineRegion Cognac region ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poitou → borders → Saintonge ⓘ
Huguenot rebellions → location → Saintonge ⓘ
Duchy of Aquitaine → contains → Saintonge ⓘ
Poitevin-Saintongeais → spokenIn → Saintonge ⓘ
Angoumois → borders → Saintonge ⓘ
Charente → historicRegion → Saintonge ⓘ
Charente department → historicProvince → Saintonge ⓘ
subject surface form: Charente
historical province of Angoumois → borders → Saintonge ⓘ
subject surface form: Angoumois
Théodore Agrippa d’Aubigné → birthPlace → Saintonge ⓘ
Château de Cognac → locatedInHistoricRegion → Saintonge ⓘ
Battle of Saintes (1242) → location → Saintonge ⓘ
Battle of Saintes (1242) → primaryTheater → Saintonge ⓘ
Battle of Taillebourg → locatedIn → Saintonge ⓘ
Anglo-French War of 1242–1243 → location → Saintonge ⓘ