Monte Cassino

For information about the World War II battle, see the Battle of Monte Cassino. Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 km (80 miles) south of Rome, Italy, c. 2 km to the west of the town of  Cassino (the Roman Casinum having been on the hill) and 520 m altitude. It is noted as the site where Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the Benedictine Order, around 529, and of major battles towards the end of World War II.
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