L'ABBAZIA DI MONTE CASSINO ABBEY


The Liri Valley in which fierce fighting during WWII led to the destruction of the Abbey


Peace


Entrance cloister with its statue of St. Benedict at his death


Cloister of Bramante


Saint Benedict
"Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini"


the octagonal well in the Bramante cloister


One set of engraved bronze entrance doors to Basilica Cathedral


Part of the crypt church below the main altar




mosaic above the altar


remains of Saint Scolastica


remains of Saint Benedict


Dome of the Basilica


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