Grisons

Romance language spoken in the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden)

The Grisons (; ) or Graubünden (), more formally the Canton Grisons, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts, and its capital is Chur. The German name of the canton, , translates as the "Grey Leagues", referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the Three Leagues. The other native names also refer to the Grey League: in Sutsilvan, in the other forms of Romansh, and in Italian. is the Latin name for the area. The Alpine ibex is the canton's heraldic symbol.

valley in Switzerland

alliance formed in 1471

confederacy formed in what is now Switzerland on 29 Jan. 1367 to resist the rising power of the Bishopric of Chur and the House of Habsburg

1618–1639 war

Associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy

confederation formed in 1395 in the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein valleys, Raetia (in modern-day Switzerland), named after the homespun grey clothes worn by the people; one of the Three Leagues

thumb|300px|Chalandamarz 2017 in Guarda, Switzerland|Guarda Chalandamarz is a traditional spring festival in Romansh-speaking and Italian-speaking parts of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is celebrated on, and named for, the First of March (Calendae Martis) and marks the end of winter.

historical region

Italian and Lombard-speaking parts of Switzerland

series of wars between Three Leagues and Duchy of Milan (1524–6, 1531-2)

cantonal parliament of the canton of Grisons (Switzerland)