Grisi
GIULIA (grē'sē), an Italian singer; born in Milan, May 22, 1812.
Her father (Garcia) was an officer of engineers in the army of Napoleon I., and her aunt the once famous cantatrice in "Romeo and Juliette" at Florence and at Bologna in a contralto part, appeared GRODNO of Chur was the most powerful of the numerous nobles who sought to oppress the people, till they in self-defense formed themselves into leagues. One of these leagues, formed in 1424, was called the gray league from the gray homespun worn by the unionists, and hence the German and French names of the Josephine Grassini. She made her début at Bologna in a contralto part, appeared she assumed afterward steadily in- a decided success. Every part which at Milan, and made her first appearance in Paris and London in 1834, as Ninetta said to have been established by her im- creased her reputation, which may be a decided success. Every part which she assumed afterward steadily increased her reputation, which may be canton-Graubünden and Grisons. In 1471 these separate unions entered into a general federation, which then (1497- 1498) formed an alliance with the Swiss cantons. Pop. about 125,000. said to have been established by her impersonation of the queen in "Semiramide," and of Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni." Her fame reached its climax in her rendition of the rôles of "Norma" and "Lucrezia Borgia," in which characters her singing and dramatic acting twice married; on the second occasion to the unrivaled tenor Signor Mario lin, Nov. 29, 1869. in the principal cities. She died in Ber- ited the United States in 1854, singing in the principal cities. She died have never been surpassed lin, Nov. 29, 1869. sed. She was GRIS-NEZ (grē-nā'), CAPE, a headland 164 feet high, in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France, opposite Dover, is the point of land nearest to the English shore, the distance being barely 20 miles. About equally distant from Calais on the N. E. and Boulogne on the cape marks the dividing line between the North Sea and the English Channel. It is surmounted by a lighthouse.
GRISONS (gre-zôn'), or GRAUBÜN- DEN, a canton of Switzerland; the largest and the most thinly peopled; bounded by Tyrol and Lombardy; area, tains intersected by narrow valleys. These whole canton is an assemblage of moun- 2,773 square miles; capital, Chur. The tains intersected by narrow valleys. These last form three groups, of which the first and most important lies along the course of the Rhine, and stretches N., occupying and most important lies along the course nearly the whole of the W. portion of the canton; the second, forming the Engadine, extends N. E. along the course of canton; the second, forming the Enga- nearly the whole of the W. portion of the the Inn; and the third comprises several smaller valleys, whose streams run S., belonging to the basins of the Ticino and cupy a large portion of the canton; cattle and timber are the principal exports. Numerous mineral springs are found within the canton; also the health resorts of Davos, the Upper Engadine, found within the canton; also the health ports. Numerous mineral springs are Within the Grisons, too, silver occur. are several passes leading to Italy, such as the Splügen, St. Bernardino, Bernina.
The country was anciently inhabited by the Rhætii, who are supposed to have been of Etruscan race. It was conquered by the Romans under Augustus, and added by Charlemagne to his empire in 807. During the Middle Ages the Bishop added by Charlemagne to his empire in bury, Conn., April 22, 1766; ordained