Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Benedetto Abate

We arrive in Cassino at lunchtime and immediately move into a beautiful apartment we had previously booked. Then we head to the nearby montecassino. This is a monastery was totally destroyed in the second world war and got later rebuilt after the original plans. All art treasures of the monastery were brought to Rome by a German officer to safety before the monastery was destroyed. More than 20,000 young soldiers lost their lives on montecassino. Today, the monastery is back in the old splendor and you have a magnificent view of the beautiful landscape aroundLue lisää