Livigno - Culture and Sport

Culture and Sport

Despite its small size, there are many cultural organizations in Livigno. Some of these are:

• Corpo Musicale, a local street band
• Gruppo folkloristico, a folk group
• Monteneve Chorus
• Carcent theatre group
• A few rock/pop bands, the most well-known being MetalDreit

The mass-media sector is quite developed as well. In the 80s a local radio, Radio Alteuropa, used to broadcast from Livigno, covering up to a wide part of the neighbouring Valtellina valley. The local monthly newspaper, Al Restel, was founded in the same period and it is still published today.

Nowadays, most of information is given by a TV channel, TeleMonteNeve, which broadcasts the City Council's meetings, a news report 3 times a week and other information both for residents and for tourists. On-line new media is also growing. An example is Senzaiva, an on-line cultural magazine. Its name means "without VAT", referring to the special duty-free status of Livigno and of all cultural products.

The local dialect, intermediate between Romansh and Lombard, has been categorized in a dictionary, funded by the local administration. This language variety is used locally in street names and in some other signs, as well as on the official maps.

Sport also plays an important role. In Livigno there are nearly 20 sport associations, most of them are supported by an association called Sporting Club. Many young athletes often end up with good results in their discipline (see Notable people below). In 2006 Turin winter Olympics, no less than 8 Italian athletes came from Livigno.