City of Uri
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The City of Uri was a Swiss canton and key member of the Old Swiss Confederacy, noted for its strategic Alpine location and role in late medieval conflicts such as the Burgundian Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City of Uri canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former Swiss canton
ⓘ
member state of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Canton of Schwyz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canton of Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Canton of Glarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canton of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Ticino NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
control of Alpine transit between northern and southern Europe
ⓘ
military reputation of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ |
| country | Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAllegedLegend | association with William Tell ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Altdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
alpine pastoralism
ⓘ
transit trade over the Gotthard Pass ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature |
Gotthard Massif
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuss valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm |
Landsgemeinde democracy
ⓘ
rural commune ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus |
imperial fief of the Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
imperial free valley ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStatus | imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasStrategicFeature |
access to north–south Alpine transit routes
ⓘ
control of the Gotthard Pass ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | yellow flag with a black bull’s head ⓘ |
| isOneOf | three founding cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Burgundian Wars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Zürich War NERFINISHED ⓘ Swabian War NERFINISHED ⓘ expansion of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 14th and 15th centuries ⓘ |
| partOf |
Forest Cantons
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waldstätte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedMilitaryForces |
halberdiers
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ pikemen ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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