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Terre de Labour


The country of the sorcerer Clinschor (Klingsor), whose spells cause Gawain some grief in Wolfram’s Parzival.

In Floriant et Florete, it is visited by the title characters during their adventures. It refers to Terra di Lavoro, a historical region in southern Italy.


Sources
Parzival | Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1200–1210
Floriant et Florete | c. 1250–1275