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Old views of the Gotthard
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Old views of the Gotthard
Devil’s Bridge
View from the Urnerloch Tunnel towards Andermatt
The village of Hospental
The new and old Devil’s Bridge
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Old views of the Gotthard
Devil’s Bridge
The Devil’s Bridge – built, according to legend, by the Devil himself – is the first means of crossing the previously impassable Schöllenen Gorge.
View from the Urnerloch Tunnel towards Andermatt
The Urnerloch Tunnel, constructed between 1707 and 1708, allows travellers to avoid another dangerous stretch of the route.
The village of Hospental
The famous Hospental Castle presides over the confluence of the Furkareuss and Gotthardreuss rivers.
The new and old Devil’s Bridge
The new Gotthard road was built in the 1830s, and with it came a new Devil’s Bridge.
The Gotthard in newspapers and periodicals
The Gotthard in historiography
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![C. Wolf, C.M. Descourtis, [A.] Carré, « [Teufelsbrücke] », ca. 1787-1788.](/snl/en/home/publications-research/dossiers/gotthard-views/devils-bridge/_jcr_content/image.imagespooler.jpg/1544194270730/588.1000/gotthard-kleinmeistergs-guge-wolf-7-20auschnitt.png)
![Aus: Ansichten der neuen St. Gotthards-Strasse von Fluelen bis Lugano nach der Natur gezeichnet und geäzt von M. Kälin und J. Suter, nebst einer Beschreibung von Herrn Lusser M.D. aus Altdorf (Blatt 8), 1833, Meyer, Johann Jakob (1787-1858) [Maler/Zeichner], Kälin, Joseph Meinrad (1792-1834) [Stecher], Heinrich Füssli & Co. (Zürich), Aquatinta koloriert, 14.2 x 18.9 cm (Bildmasse), 22.8 x 28.6 cm (Blattmasse), GS-GRAF-ANSI-UR-26](/snl/en/home/publications-research/dossiers/gotthard-views/vue-depuis-la-gallerie-d-urnerloch--vers-andermatt--au-pied-du-s/_jcr_content/image.imagespooler.jpg/1542624321196/588.1000/gotthard-kleinmeistergs-graf-ansi-ur-26.png)
![1830, Delkeskamp, Friedrich Wilhelm (1794-1872) [Maler/Zeichner], Kull, Hans Jakob zugeschrieben (1796-1846) [Stecher], Keller, Heinrich (Zürich), Aquatinta und Umrissradierung koloriert, 6.5 x 10.8 cm (Bildmasse), 12.8 x 18.3 cm (Blattmasse), GS-GRAF-ANSI-UR-7](/snl/en/home/publications-research/dossiers/gotthard-views/2devils-bridge/_jcr_content/image.imagespooler.jpg/1544194659647/588.1000/gotthard-kleinmeistergs-graf-ansi-ur-7.png)
