Ilanz

Ilanz, called Glion in Romansh, lies in the Surselva valley of the upper Rhine. First recorded as Iliande in 765, it became a centre of the Grey League, founded in 1395 by an alliance that included Johannes of Ilanz, abbot of Disentis. The league later formed part of the Three Leagues of the Alpine valleys. In the 1520s the Diet of Ilanz declared that their inhabitants could choose between Catholic and Protestant Christianity, giving the small town a prominent place in the Reformation.