Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, 2 kilometres west of Cassino and at an elevation of 520 m (1,710 ft). Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first house of the Benedictine Order, having been established by Benedict of Nursia himself around 529. It was for the community of Monte Cassino that the Rule of Saint Benedict was composed.
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Cliff on "high mountain"
The façade of the church
Promontory and post-WWII rebuilt abbey
Valle Latina is an Italian geographical and historical region that extends from the south of Rome to Cassino, corresponding to the eastern area of ancient Roman Latium.
Isola del Liri (FR), Valle Latina
Richard Wilson – Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum
Castle of Monte San Giovanni Campano
Arpino