A new elegant book by Nando Napoleone "Viaggio nella Memoria. Palena, cent'anni di storia attraverso la fotografia antica", published by Giuseppe Tinari, Villamagna, traces the history of Palena through a flood (1929), WW2 (1943-44), a landslide (1965), and such famous visitors as Francesco Paolo Michetti in 1900 with his "velocipede", painter Oreste Recchione riding a horse, and Benito Mussolini welcomed in Via Trento e Trieste.

At Santa Maria d'Arabona, Manoppello Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli will celebrate on the day of San Francesco di Sales a mass and jubilee communion for the media workers, that "have the gift of the word like Jesus".

The "pera abate caramellata al torcolato con gelato di crema", created by Fernando Nucci of the Guerino restaurant, Pescara, has been selected among over 1000 recipes from all over Italy, and will be included in the February final for the best new Italian recipe. the torcolato is a special liquor wine and Nucci, who is also a great sommelier, is preparing a book on 120 Italian liquor wines and the best matching desserts. His motto: «Few things, but well done».

After the three regions included in the Park have also made his name, now Pratesi has on his side also the majority of the mayors.