Ernesto Bellini, nicknamed "Picozzu", spent 60 of his 80 years in Campo Imperatore and the Gran Sasso. When he was 62 he climbed Monte Rosa in the Alps. His friends made for him a cake with the shape of the Corno Grande.

"Una luce nel castello" is based on a real story of the year 1645 in Roccascalegna when a young lady, Vittorjie, engaged to be married to Liberatore, rebelled against the "jus primae noctis" claimed by Baron Corvo de 'Corvis.

Inaugurated at Piano d'Orta a monument made by artist Vladimiro Marrama in memory of all the victims of war. A great many authorities and school students were present.

Who were the parents of Santa Rosalia? The Counts of Sangro or the Marsi? Don Gregorio Paolilli, 82, who was the parish priest in Santa Maria delle Concanelle, Bugnara, has written a book on the subject after researching for over 10 years. Rosalia, the Saint of Palermo was Abruzzese and lived in 1272 in Bugnara.