You may have never heard of Capestrano, yet this village in Abruzzo was home to what has become the symbol of the whole region: the Warrior of Capestrano.  The Warrior of Capestrano is a statue found by chance in 1934 by a local farmer as he was planting a vineyard. The statue, which also goes by the name of Nevio Pompuledio, dates back to the mid-sixth century BC and represents a male figure with his arms folded over his chest, wearing a military costume and a large wide-brimmed hat.

Today the statue, symbol of the Gran Sasso National Park and emblem of Abruzzo, is preserved in the National Museum of Archeology in Chieti. A life-size reproduction of the Warrior is placed in the hall of the Piccolomini Castle in Capestrano, which belonged for some time to the Medici family, and is the main monument of the village.