Mario Fratti received five Tony Awards for the theatre. The author of 71 performed pieces, Mario moved to the Usa in 1963. Lat year he got the "Otto René Castillo Award for Political Theatre". Also a writer and university professor, he privileges themes challenging the social and political conventions of the American society.

In spite of the bad traffic air, Guglielmina Aloisi from Castel del Monte and Filomena Nardizzi from Villa Santa Maria, both domiciled in Pescara for many years now, have reached the ambitious goal.

When the Piedmontese Army took over in 1860, many "paesani armati" waged their loyalty to the defeated monarchy of Naples. On 20 october 1860 general Enrico Cialdini proclaimed death to whoever wwas caught with weapons, On Monte Macerone near Isernia many local "bandits" were killed. Thus the "brigantaggio " started officially to last for over 10 years. One of the most famous brigand was Domenico Valerio, "Cannone", born in 1838 near Casoli. The Banda Cannone, helped by the Borbons and the Church State, were guilty of many crimes. There were rumors that Cannone was killed in Molise, but the country people believed he had sailed for America.

«Guida alle fonti per la storia del brigantaggio post unitario conservate negli Archivi di stato», three volumes listing the documents kept in the state archives of Southern italy connected to the brigants. Chieti l'Aquila, Lanciano, Sulmona and Pescara are in the second volume, Teramo in the third.

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