TOURAINE


Meaning of TOURAINE in English

Historical region, northwestern central France.

It encompassed the former province of Touraine; its capital was at Tours . In Roman times it was inhabited by the Gallic Turones. In the 5th century AD it was incorporated in the Visigothic kingdom, and it passed to the French Revolution . The region, which includes the Loire River valley, known for its magnificent chateaus, is sometimes called the Garden of France.

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