Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, 2 kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi) west of Cassino and at an elevation of 520 m (1,710 ft).
The abbey of Monte Cassino is located in the region of Latium, in the Province of Frosinone and in the municipality of Cassino and is the seat of the Casinense Congregation. The monastery, situated on the rocky hill (altitude 516 m) of Monte Cassino near Cassino, a town in southern Latium, was founded by Benedict of Nursia around the year 529 ...
Monte Cassino, a historic hilltop abbey founded in 529 by Benedict of Nursia, dominated the nearby town of Cassino and the entrances to the Liri and Rapido valleys. Lying in a protected historic zone, it had been left unoccupied by the Germans, although they manned some positions set into the slopes below the abbey's walls.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers. The city is best known as the site of the Abbey of Montecassino and the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II, which resulted in huge Allied and
Pages in category "Abbey of Monte Cassino" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Rocca Janula, Cassino. The Terra Sancti Benedicti ("Land of Saint Benedict") was the secular territory, or seignory, of the powerful Abbey of Montecassino, the chief monastery of the Mezzogiorno and one of the first Western monasteries: founded by Benedict of Nursia himself, hence the name of its possessions. It lasted from the 8th to the 19th ...
In 883, the abbey was destroyed by the Aghlabids and the monks moved to Teano and later Capua. ... the monks return to Monte Cassino. Aligern (Aligerno) : 948–985;
Monte San Giovanni Campano's castle. At the end of the 5th century the Valley, along with the rest of the Peninsula, became part of the Ostrogothic Kingdom.Around the year 529, St. Benedict of Norcia founded the Abbey of Monte Cassino [12] on the summit of Montecassino, on the southern edge of the Latin Valley, which represented a point of reference for the Christian identity of Western Europe.