Monte Cassino
The Abbey of Monte Cassino is a Benedictine monastery on a rocky hill about 130 kilometres southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley. Located on the site of the ancient Roman town of Casinum, it is the first house of the Benedictine Order, having been established by Benedict of Nursia himself around 529.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: rocky hill with monastery, southeast of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Abbatia Montis Cassini”, “Abbatia Territorialis Montis Cassini”, “Abbazia di Montecassino”, “Archidioecesis Casinensis”, “Manastir Monte Kasino”, “Mons Casini”, “Mons Casinum”, “Mons Cassinus”, “Monte Casino”, “Monte Kasino”, “Monte-Cassino”, “Monti Cassinu”, “Montokasino”, “Munti Cassinu”, “Монте Кассино”, “Монте-Кассино”, “מונטה קזינו”, “מונטה קסינו”, “モンテ・カッシーノ修道院”, and “モンテカシノ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Monte Cassino Polish war cemetery and Cathedral of Monte Cassino.
Monte Cassino Polish war cemetery
Cemetery
Cathedral of Monte Cassino
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Santa Lucia and Sant’Elia Fiumerapido.
Villa Santa Lucia
Village
Sant’Elia Fiumerapido
Village
Terelle
Village
Monte Cassino
- Categories: mountain and religion
- Location: Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.48916° or 41° 29′ 21″ north
Longitude
13.81222° or 13° 48′ 44″ east
Elevation
484 metres (1,588 feet)
Open location code
8FHMFRQ6+MV
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Monte Cassino” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونتيكاسينو”
- Azerbaijani: “Montekassino”
- Basque: “Montecassino”
- Belarusian: “Монтэ-Касіна”
- Belarusian: “Монтэ-Касына”
- Belarusian: “Монтэкасіна”
- Breton: “Abati Montecassino”
- Bulgarian: “Монте Касино”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Montecassino”
- Catalan: “Monte Cassino”
- Chinese: “卡西諾山”
- Croatian: “Montecassino”
- Czech: “Klášter Montecassino”
- Danish: “Monte Cassino”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Montecassino”
- Dutch: “Monte Cassino”
- Dutch: “Montecassino”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونتيكاسينو”
- Esperanto: “Monto Kasino”
- Estonian: “Montecassino”
- Finnish: “Montecassino”
- French: “mont Cassin”
- French: “Mont Cassin”
- Galician: “Montecassino”
- German: “Abtei Montecassino”
- German: “Montecassino (Berg)”
- German: “Montecassino”
- Greek: “Μόντε Κασίνο”
- Hebrew: “מונטה קאסינו”
- Hungarian: “Monte Cassino”
- Indonesian: “Monte Cassino”
- Irish: “Monte Cassino”
- Italian: “Montecassino”
- Japanese: “モンテ・カッシーノ”
- Kölsch: “Kluster Monte Cassino”
- Korean: “몬테 카시노”
- Ladin: “Monte Cassino”
- Latin: “Mons Casinus”
- Latvian: “Montekasīno”
- Marathi: “माँते कॅसिनो”
- Neapolitan: “Mondecasine”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Cassino”
- Norwegian: “Monte Cassino”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Cassin”
- Persian: “صومعه مونته کاسینو”
- Persian: “مونت کازینو”
- Polish: “Monte Cassino”
- Portuguese: “Abadia do Monte Cassino”
- Portuguese: “Monte Cassino”
- Romanian: “Monte Cassino”
- Russian: “Монтекассино”
- Serbian: “Монте Касино”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Monte Cassino”
- Sicilian: “Munticassinu”
- Slovak: “Monte Cassino”
- Slovenian: “Monte Cassino”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Montecasino”
- Spanish: “Monte Cassino”
- Spanish: “Montecasino”
- Swahili: “Montecassino”
- Swedish: “Monte Cassino”
- Thai: “มอนเตกัสซีโน”
- Ukrainian: “Монте-Кассіно”
- Uzbek: “Monte Cassino”
- Venetian: “Montecassino”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cassino and Coppola.
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Places to explore: Diocesi Abbazia Territoriale Di Montecassino and Hotel La Pace.
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