page_title: Viamala
hierarchical_section_title: Viamala
caption_attribution_description: Die Via Mala auf einer Zeichnung von Goethe, 194 x 143 mm, Bleistift und Feder mit Sepia, 1. Juni 1788
context_page_description: Viamala or Via Mala is an ancient and notorious section of a path along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden. This narrow gorge was the most serious obstacle on the approach to two mountain passes: the Splügen and the San Bernardino.
context_section_description: Viamala or Via Mala (which in Romansh literally means "bad path") is an ancient and notorious section of a path along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden. This narrow gorge was the most serious obstacle on the approach to two mountain passes: the Splügen and the San Bernardino.
caption: Viamala in a drawing by J. W. Goethe; 1 June 1788
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