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Grand Council of Grisons

cantonal parliament of the canton of Grisons (Switzerland)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ1843380 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Grand Council of Grisons (German: Grosse Rat des Kantons Graubünden; Romansh: Cussegl grond; Italian: Gran Consiglio) is the unicameral legislature of the Swiss canton of Grisons. It meets in the cantonal capital Chur's Grand Council Building (Grossratsgebäude), being composed of 120 members, elected for 4 years.

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“Grand Council of Grisons” enters the record as cantonal parliament of the canton of Grisons (Switzerland). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Grand, Council and Grisons can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 47-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Grand, Council and Grisons.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1843380.

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This entry incorporates text from “Grand Council of Grisons” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.