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History of Uri
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Uri is a Swiss Talschaft and canton in the upper Reuss valley.
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First mentioned in the 8th century, it gained strategic importance with the opening of the Gotthard Pass in the 13th century and was a founding member of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the late medieval period.