Aquitaine

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Aquitaine is a historical region in southwestern France known for its rich medieval heritage, strategic importance in European power struggles, and later prominence as a center of culture and wine production.

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Label Occurrences
Aquitaine canonical 61
Aquitaine historical region 1
Aquitaine region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region of France
historical region
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
capital Bordeaux
climate oceanic climate
contains Bordeaux wine region
Dordogne
Landes
Lot-et-Garonne department
surface form: Lot-et-Garonne

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
country France
dateMergedIntoNouvelleAquitaine 2016
economicActivity forestry
tourism
viticulture
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Biscay
hasMountainRange Pyrenees
hasRiver Adour NERFINISHED
Dordogne River NERFINISHED
Garonne NERFINISHED
hasUNESCOSite Bordeaux historic center
surface form: Historic Centre of Bordeaux

Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
historicalCapital Poitiers
historicalEra Middle Ages
historicalNameInLatin Aquitania
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
importantEvent Hundred Years' War
surface form: Hundred Years War
importantMedievalCity Bayonne
Bordeaux NERFINISHED
Périgueux
knownFor cultural heritage
medieval heritage
role in European power struggles
wine production
languageRegion Basque
Occitan
largestCity Bordeaux NERFINISHED
locatedIn southwestern France
mergedInto Nouvelle-Aquitaine
partOf Metropolitan France
wasDuchy Duchy of Aquitaine
wasPossessionOf Capetian dynasty
House of Plantagenet
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
wineRegion Bergerac AOC
Bordeaux AOC
Jurançon (moelleux)
surface form: Jurançon AOC

Madiran AOC

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Aquitaine Basin namedAfter Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Aquitaine region
Franks expandedInto Aquitaine
House of Poitiers region Aquitaine
House of Poitiers heldTerritory Aquitaine
Limousin borderedBy Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrénées borderedBy Aquitaine
Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne, France formerRegion Aquitaine
subject surface form: Nérac
Caroline War mainTheater Aquitaine
Battle of Castillon region Aquitaine
Theodoric I regionRuled Aquitaine
Theodoric II regionOfInfluence Aquitaine
Euric expandedInto Aquitaine
Battle of Vouillé region Aquitaine
Eyquem associatedWithRegion Aquitaine
Autoroute A10 alsoKnownAs Aquitaine
this entity surface form: L’Aquitaine
West Francia includedTerritory Aquitaine
Baron de La Brède region Aquitaine
Valois territoryIncludes Aquitaine
Guyenne partOf Aquitaine
Guyenne historicalRegionOf Aquitaine
Flag of Gironde geographicRegion Aquitaine
this entity surface form: Aquitaine historical region
Louis I birthPlace Aquitaine
Ludovicus Pius birthPlace Aquitaine
Ludovicus Pius ruledTerritory Aquitaine
Pepin I of Aquitaine monarchOf Aquitaine