Aquitaine is a region in southwestern France (map) that includes the famous wine-making regions of the Gironde département around the regional capital of Bordeaux, the beautiful Dordogne region, the Atlantic Pyrenees département (France's Basque country), and more.

The first known occupants of Aquitaine were Cro-Magnon people 40,000 years ago.

Later a Roman province, then part of a Visigothic kingdom, and after that a duchy, Aquitaine has had a colorful and sometimes violent history.

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