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The region (fr. Sud-Ouest) is one of the oldest wine-growing areas in France. Geographically, it encompasses the entire area between the Central Massif (Massif Central), which forms the eastern border, and the Atlantic coast in the west, extending south to the Pyrenees at the border with Spain. Administratively, it consists of the former regions Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine, geographically it is the catchment area of the rivers Dordogne, Garonne, and Adour. Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) first referred to the Roman province he conquered between the Garonne River and the Pyrenees as Aquitaine (fr. Guyenne). Emperor Charlemagne (742-814) incorporated it into the Frankish Empire. After a tumultuous history as an independent county, the acquisition of Gascony, and then under English rule from the mid-12th century, the area finally became part of France in 1453.

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