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Provence

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The wine-growing region is located in the south-east corner of France and stretches along the Côte d'Azur from Marseille in the west to Nice in the east. It is bordered by the two large wine-growing regions of Languedoc in the west and Rhône in the north. Many sources consider the island of Corsica, 160 kilometres south-east of the coast, to be a common wine-growing area with Provence. In fact, there are many similarities. Together with the dual region of Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence is often referred to as Midi (meaning south).

History

Provence is one of the oldest wine-growing regions in France and Europe, as vines were planted and wine was pressed here by the Greeks as early as the 6th century BC. However, it is possible that the Celts (Gauls) were already doing this before them. The name comes from the Romans, who founded the "Provincia Romana" in 154 BC and supplied wine to Rome from here. Legionnaires who had been discharged from service received a small estate here as a reward, which they used for viticulture. The area has been hotly contested throughout history and belonged successively to the Roman Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Kingdom of Burgundy, the Spanish County of Barcelona-Arágon, the House of Anjou, the Kingdom of Sardinia and finally France.

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