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In 1797 the growing power of the [[First French Republic]] created the [[Cisalpine republic]] in Northern Italy. On 10 October 1797, the French supported a revolt in the Valtellina against the [[Graubünden]] (''Grisons'' in French and English), and it joined the [[Cisalpine Republic]].
After the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815 the Valtellina became part of the [[
At the end of the 19th century there was substantial migration out of the Valtellina for reasons of the prevailing economically depressed conditions of the region and for young men to avoid [[conscription]].<ref name=Genoni>Paull, John (2014) [http://jorganics.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/1170.pdf "Ernesto Genoni: Australia’s pioneer of biodynamic agriculture"], Journal of Organics, 1(1):57-81.</ref> [[Australia]], especially [[Western Australia]], was a popular destination for such migrants.<ref name=Genoni/>
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==Culture and language==
The local dialect used to be a mix of [[Romansh language|Romansch]] and [[Lombard language]]. These days, however, only Italian and the [[:it:Dialetto valtellinese|Valtellinese variety]] of Lombard are spoken.
[[File:Valtellina-Panorama.jpg|600px|center|thumb|Panorama of the Valtellina from Alpe Piazzola in the [[comune]] of [[Castello dell'Acqua]].]]
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