Capestrano

Capistrano is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 874 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the province of L' Aquila in the Abruzzo region. The municipality is situated approximately 32 km east-southeast of L' Aquila in the Valle del Tirino and the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga, belongs to the Comunità montana Campo Imperatore - Piana di Navelli and directly borders the province of Pescara.

In the vicinity of Capistrano an ancient burial ground was excavated, the most important find is the statue of " Warrior of Capistrano ".

Community partnerships

Capistrano has partnerships with Buda, now the district of the Hungarian capital Budapest as well as with the U.S. city of San Juan Capistrano in California.

Traffic

Passing through the municipality, the Strada Statale 153 della Valle del Tirino of Bussi sul Tirino after Navelli.

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