sConfines - CULTURAL COUNTERBALANCE FESTIVAL.

Cavaione, a small Graubünden village in Val Poschiavo overlooking Valtellina, holds a unique record: it is the last territory to become part of Switzerland. After its inhabitants had been neither Swiss nor Italian for decades, in 1874 first the Rhaetian government and then the federal parliament decided to regularize the situation to naturalize the Cavaionese en bloc.

The small settlement, perched 1,200 meters above sea level and reachable by road only since the late 1960s, has experienced a series of nationality changes without its inhabitants moving a meter.

On Saturday, April 25 as part of sConfini - Festival of Cultural Smuggling, people will reach Cavaione to relive its interesting history of shifting borders.

PROGRAMME 09.30 Departure by shuttle from Casai 10.00 Arrival at Li Piani 10.05 Departure of the excursion from Li Piani to Cavaione 11.00 Arrival at Cavaione and welcome coffee 11.30 Lecture by Andrea Tognina: ‘Naturalisation of borders and history of borders’ (in Italian) 12.00 Lunch with 100% Valposchiavo ingredients prepared by Sandra Pfeifer Pianta 13.30 Screening of the film ‘I furbi di Cavaione’ (The Clever Ones of Cavaione) 14.30 Departure of the shuttle from Cavaione to Casai

INFORMATION Meeting point: Casai, 09.30 Reservations: required by Thursday, 23 April 2026 Those who do not wish to participate in the excursion can travel directly to Cavaione by shuttle. In case of bad weather, the programme may be subject to change, but the event will still take place. Participants will be notified if necessary.