Gran Sasso d'Italia
Also nearby are several ski resorts like Gran Sasso d'Italia, the highest of the Apennines where in its valley the movie "The Name of the Rose" was filmed in the end of the 1980s. The town also contains some fine palaces: the municipality has a museum, with a collection of Roman inscriptions and some illuminated service books. The Palazzi Dragonetti and Persichetti contain private collections of pictures.