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The canton was deeply divided between " patriots ", supporting the Cisalpine Republic, and traditionalist " aristocrats ".
Discontent continued and in early 1802 a revolt in Capriasca led to the autumn pronunciamento of Pian Povrò, which declared the independence of Lugano from the Helvetic client republic.
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