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Cassino and Montecassino
Archaeological Sites
World War II Memorials
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Second city
of the province
of Frosinone
by the number
of
residents,
the
city is spread
for 1
square
kilometer
and is
located
at the foot
of the hill
where
is situated
the famous
Abbey
of Montecassino.
Strategically
located
for
communications between
the central
and
southern
Italy,
Cassino
was
totally
destroyed
by bombing
during
world War II,
and for this
reason
also known
as the City
of
Martyrdom.
The city is
now entirely
rebuilt with
modern
buildings
and
wide streets
such
as
Corso della
Repubblica, a major
shopping street
of Cassino.
This city,
geographically,
has
a number of
important
road and rail
links.
This territory
is crossed
by the
motorway
A1 Milan-Naples
(Cassino
and San
Vittore
exits),
the Super Strada "Casilina
6" and easy access for
Formia and the Gulf of Gaeta,
Sora,
Avezzano,
National Park
of Abruzzo.
...Pompei, The Gulf of Gaeta and Abruzzo National Park.
Enjoy your
city breaks!
Don't
miss the
opportunity to
visit these
wonderful
places!
Thanks
to the good
road and rail
connection
of Cassino,
it is very
easy to go
everywhere!
Take
a look
at the
information sheets
that
you can found
here at
your
disposal to
help you
organize
your
unforgettable
trips:
we have
indicated the
distance,
means of
transportation
and the
time needed to
reach
every place.
Maybe
you planned
to
visit
only
the Abbey
of Monte
Cassino?
Don't
worry,
there are
great discounts
and special
offers
for guests
staying
in our
hotel for more than
one night.
 
Founded in 529 by St. Benedict of Norcia on the site
of an ancient tower and a temple dedicated to Apollo, situated 519 meters
above sea level, has suffered throughout its history an alternate story
of destruction, looting, earthquakes and reconstructions
later. In 581, during the invasion of the Lombards,
the monastery was destroyed for the first time and the community of monks,
with the remains of the holy founder, had to take shelter in Rome. Then,
by 643 monks found accommodation by the community of St. Columban in
Bobbio and later in various monasteries and abbeys colombaniane in Italy
and in Europe, spreading enormously Benedictine communities. Rebuilt
around 717 under the impetus of Petronace of Montecassino, the
Abbey was destroyed a second time by the Saracens in 883, being
rebuilt by Pope Agapito II only in 949. Throughout the Middle Ages, the
abbey was a lively center of culture through its abbots, its
libraries, its archives, and writing schools, who transcribed and
preserved many works of antiquity. Historical evidence of the highest
interest have been safely collected and passed on to Monte Cassino: from
the first precious documents in the vernacular to the famous Montecassino
illuminated manuscripts. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1349 and rebuilt
in 1366, the abbey became in the seventeenth century, the typical
appearance of a Neapolitan Baroque monument, thanks to the numerous
paintings by artists such as Luca Giordano and Francesco Solimena,
Francesco de Mura Giovanni de Matteis. In these forms had come down to us
the first monastery in February 1944, during the second phase of
the battle of Monte Cassino, a massive bombardment of the allied forces,
who mistakenly suspected the presence of German units, destroy it
again. Reconstruction began immediately after the war, aimed at an
exact replica of the destroyed abby. Pope Benedict XVI went to Monte
Cassino in May 24, 2009, the 65th anniversary of the destruction of the
abbey. The Pope - who at the time of his election to the throne of
Peter had chosen his name also inspired by the figure of St. Benedict of
Nursia - prayed at the tomb of the saint, recalling the importance of the
European cultural education.
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