The Abbey of Montecassino was founded by St Benedict around 529 AD on what remained of a Roman fortification.
The Abbey has been destroyed and rebuilt several times; The Longobards of Zotone destroyed the Abbey in 577 AD, Saracens invaded and destroyed the monastery by fire in 883, it was destroyed in 1349 by an earthquake [...]
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The Abbey of Monte Cassino
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2025
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Cassino Conversations
The main reason for travelling to Cassino was to visit the Commonwealth War Cemetery where Mr C’s grandfather is listed on one of the large tablets that commemorates soldiers with no known grave. Mr C’s grandfather took part in the invasion of Sicily in 1943 but the glider he was in was one of many [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2025
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Cassino – Day Four
Today the alarm buzzed as scheduled so we were in the breakfast room with plenty of time to spare. We arrived to find that there was only one piece of toasting bread, no other bread and insufficient slices of cheese, salami and ham.
I enquired about the bread and was told it had finished… Not quite [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2025
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Cassino – Day Three
I awoke wondering what time it was. Light was seeping through the curtains but everywhere was quiet. I squinted at my watch without wearing my glasses and was confused it looked like 8.30 but that couldn’t be possible the alarm had been set for 7.15 and I hadn’t heard it go off.
I put my watch [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2025
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A Room with a View
Back from my travels…
2 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2025
