Rhaetian Alps

The Rhaetian Alps extend across the high mountain country between Graubünden, Tyrol and northern Italy. Their ridges and valleys belong to the Eastern Alps, where steep rock and snowfields rise above the routes through the inhabited valleys. The range takes its name from the ancient Rhaetian people and the Roman province of Raetia. The Romans subdued the peoples of this Alpine region under Augustus in 15 BC, bringing the mountain lands into their expanding realm.