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CHIAVENNA (anc. Clavenna)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 118 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHIAVENNA (anc. Clavenna) , a See also:town of See also:Lombardy, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Sondrio, 17 M. by See also:rail N. of Colico which lies at the N. end of the See also:lake of See also:Como. Pop. (19o1) town 3140, See also:commune 4732. It is well situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Meta, at the mouth of the Val Bregaglia, through which the road to the Maloja Pass and the See also:Engadine runs to the See also:east. This See also:line was partly followed by a See also:Roman road, which at Casaccia, just below the last ascent to the Maloja Pass, diverged to the N. by the Septimer Pass, joining the Julier route to See also:Coire (anc. See also:Curia) at Stalla. The Splugen route, which was also used by the See also:Romans, runs N. from Chiavenna to Coire: the See also:modern road was constructed by the Austrians in 1819-1821. Chiavenna is crowned by a ruined See also:castle, once an important strategic point, and the seat of the See also:counts who ruled the valley from the See also:time of the Goths till 1194, when the See also:district was handed over to the bishops of Coire. In the 14th See also:century the See also:Visconti, having become masters of the See also:Valtellina, bought the " See also:county " (contado or contea) of Chiavenna from the See also:bishop of Coire; but it was taken by the See also:canton of the See also:Grisons in 1525, and the castle dismantled. In 1797 Chiavenna became See also:part of the Cisalpine See also:republic, and thenceforward followed the fortunes of Lombardy. The See also:church of S.

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baroque in See also:style, but its See also:baptistery contains a See also:font of 1206 with reliefs. Chiavenna has See also:cotton factories and breweries, and is a See also:depot for the See also:wine of the district.

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