Housed in a neoclassical villa in the Villa Comunale park, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale displays a comprehensive collection of local finds, including the 6th-century-BC Warrior of Capestrano, considered the most important pre-Roman find in central Italy. Mystery surrounds the identity of the warrior but there are some who reckon it to be Numa Pompilo, the second king of Rome and successor to Romulus.
The museum also showcases 5th-century-BC funerary steles, an impressive coin collection and some colossal statues – including that of a seated Hercules – dating from the 1st century BC.
