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Gascony

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gascony , Fr. Gascogne, region of SW France. It is now coextensive with the departments of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrénées and parts of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, and Ariège. The sandy and swampy Landes along the Atlantic coast, the majestic Pyrenees forming the border with Spain, and the hilly Armagnac region between the Adour and Garonne rivers are the main geographic areas of Gascony. Fishing, stock raising, wine making, brandy distilling, and the tourist trade are the chief industries. The... Read more
Gascony
Gascony French region lying between the river Garonne and the Pyrenees. In...onwards the duchy of Aquitaine generally consisted of little but Gascony. The total disarray of Henry VI's government in 1450 allowed the triumphant Charles VI of France to walk into Gascony virtually unopposed. Read more
Gascony
Gascony a region and former province of SW France, in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, which having united with Aquitaine in the... Read more

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