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A map of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur administrative region The historical province ... AOC Les Baux de Provence; was established as an AOC for red and rosé wines ...
The Romans established twenty-five towns and a common system of administration throughout Provence. Julius Caesar created three coloniae , or colonies, for the veterans of his legions at Forum Julii (now Fréjus ), Arles and Arausio (now Orange, Vaucluse .
Map showing the march and county Provence and the county of Forcalquier as parts of the Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles in the 12th and 13th centuries.. The County of Provence was a largely autonomous medieval state that eventually became incorporated into the Kingdom of France in 1481. [1]
Map of the provinces of France in 1789. They were abolished the following year. Under the Ancien Régime, the Kingdom of France was subdivided in multiple different ways (judicial, military, ecclesiastical, etc.) into several administrative units, until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (départements) and districts in late 1789.
On his death, Provence was divided between his surviving brothers, Lothair II and the Emperor Louis II. The bulk went to Louis. Louis II (863–875), also Holy Roman Emperor from 855 On his death, as with his Kingdom of Italy, Louis's Provence went to his uncle Charles the Bald. Charles the Bald (875–877), also Holy Roman Emperor from 875
Aix-en-Provence, [a] or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The population of Aix-en-Provence is ...
As a political entity, Burgundy existed in a number of forms with different boundaries, and during the 9th century was divided into Upper and Lower Burgundy and Provence. Two of these entities, the first established around the 6th century and the second around the 11th century, were called the Kingdom of Burgundy.
The Kingdom of Burgundy, known from the 12th century [1]: 140 as the Kingdom of Arles, [a] [2] was a realm established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II.