Provence
Historical,cultural,and governmental region,southeast-coastal France.
Provence was part of Roman Gallia Narbonensis.With the breakdown of the Roman Empire in the late 5th century,it was invaded successively by the Visigoths,Burgundians,and Ostrogoths.It came under the rule of the Franks с 536.During the 13th century it was involved in the Albigensian Crusade.It was united with the French crown in 1481.The language of Provence,Provençal,was important in medieval literature,and Provence's Romanesque architecture was an outstanding cultural achievement of the Middle Ages.The region suffered in the 16th-century Wars of Religion.In 1790,during the French Revolution,it lost its political institutions and was divided into several départements.The historical region of Provence is roughly coextensive with the present-day région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (pop.,1999:4,506,151),which has an area of 12,124 sq mi (31,400 sq km) and its capital at Marseille.
普羅旺斯 Provence
法國(guó)東南沿海的歷史和文化地區(qū).曾是羅馬高盧納爾榜南西斯的一部分.當(dāng)羅馬帝國(guó)在5世紀(jì)末期崩潰后,當(dāng)?shù)剡B續(xù)遭到西哥特人、勃艮地人和東哥特人侵犯.約536年成為法蘭克人管轄地.13世紀(jì)期間卷入阿爾比派十字軍.1481年并入法國(guó),它的語(yǔ)言為普羅旺斯語(yǔ),在中世紀(jì)文學(xué)中非常重要,它的羅馬式建筑是中世紀(jì)的杰出文化成就.16世紀(jì)曾遭宗教戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的破壞.1790年法國(guó)大革命期間,喪失其行政地位,被劃分為幾個(gè)省.