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Extract from the Cassino Travel Guides:
The town of
CASSINO
, fifty minutes down the railway line from Frosinone, is the site of another important monastery, the
Abbey of Montecassino
(daily 9.30am-12.30pm & 3.30pm-6pm; free;
www.osb.org
), founded in 529 by St Benedict after he left Subiaco
, on a spot to which he was guided by three ravens. This was for many years one of the most important and influential monastic complexes in the Christian world, its monks spreading the word as far away as Britain and Scandinavia in between developing the tradition of culture and learning that was at the core of t...
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