Cassino Abbey. The Abbey, mother church of the Benedictine order and a centre of medieval, was founded in 529 by St. Benedict over the ruins of an ancient acropolis.
By the 8th century it was an important centre of learning, and by the 11th century had become one of the richest monasteries in Europe.
During the Second World War, in 1944, the Abbey was bombed and entirely rebuilt in the same style soon after.
It is also the land of a British war cemeteries that commemorate the soldiers killed during this battle.
Staying in our b&b in the Amalfi coast, you can visit Cassino:
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