Capestrano (Abruzzese: Capëstrànë) is a comune and small town with 885 inhabitants (2017), in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.

The 2.09-metre (6.9 ft) tall statue depicts an early Italic warrior in full gear, the king of the Vestini tribe, Naevius Pompuledius, executed by the sculptor Aninis.

It includes four civil parishes (frazioni): Capodacqua [sh], Forca di Penne, Santa Pelagia and Scarafano.

Chronicles suggest that some church structure might have been present by the 7th century, but the original abbey was commissioned in AD 752 by the Lombard king Desiderius, and made subservient to the monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno.

The castle was built in the 13th century, on the hill next to the Tirino river and the Abbey of St. Peter ad Oratorium in a strategic position at 505 m above sea level.