Valposchiavo, the Valle Mesolcina, the Val Calanca and the Val Bregalia Valleys, together with the village of Bivio on the Julier Pass road (the only Italian-speaking settlement north of the Alps), form the “Grigione Italiano“, the Italian-speaking region of the officially trilingual canton (state). Separated from the rest of the canton by the Alpine crest line, they are also segregated from one another with the exception of the Mesolcina and Calanca.