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Calvados Jun 27th, 2020 10:24 AM

Monte Cassino
 
Greetings ....
Assuming travel will take place this fall, could someone recommended a guide for the history of the area including visiting the Monastery.
Many thanks,
jane

Rubicund Jun 28th, 2020 02:47 AM

Unusually for wiki, they have a good entry for Monte Cassino and its history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cassino

The abbey has its own website:

Montecassino Abbey - Official website


Calvados Jun 29th, 2020 10:41 AM

Thank you. I have checked those sites but seem to recall a recommendation for a guide. Will continue to search while stuck at home!

Huggy Jun 29th, 2020 05:10 PM

Try the Michelin Green Guide. for Italy. I used that. The guide offers a half page description for the Abbey and the Museum.

Huggy

whitehall Jun 29th, 2020 06:52 PM

We visited Montecassino on a beautiful fall day a few years ago. To our surprise, there were only a handful of other people at the church. And, for 90 minutes, we had the museum entirely to ourselves. If you check the website provided above, you will see that you can arrange a private guided tour for 35E. The museum was fabulous; the grounds overlook the valley and the Polish War Cemetery below. ×


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