At the end of the 19th century, the family history was enhanced by the marriage of Donna Ernestina Vicini, a member of one of the most important families in Loreto Aprutino, and Giuseppe Ciavolich, son of Don Francesco " Don Ciccillo" di Miglianico. The newlyweds went to live at Palazzo Ciavolich di Miglianico and the lady, devastated due to her transfer to what she considered to be a very modest village house, drew up a plan to escape. This plan was also to ennoble the Ciavolich name, linking it to the most important names in the cultural and political world of the time. On the strength of her influential contacts, she decided to take up residence in Chieti (which was then – as it is today - the province with the biggest population and most connections with the institutions in Rome) and, at the cost of bloody alienations of land, she succeeded in having an elegant building in Corso Marrucino bought for her. Once installed in the provincial capital she set up one of the liveliest cultural lounges of the time, which soon attracted leading exponents of the contemporary intellectual circle. These included Francesco Paolo Michetti, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Costantino Barbella and various other famous names. There is extensive evidence of Donna Ernestina's friendship with the painter Michetti who, in creating the painting IL VOTO (1877), immortalised the procession of San Pantaleone in Miglianico with one of the very first cameras. The people following the cart of the Patron Saint, crawling and licking the ground in compliance with tradition, attacked him and his diabolical and profane camera with pitchforks and scythes and the painter was dragged to safety by his friend Ernestina who, living opposite the church, opened her door and offered him refuge.