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  • Monte Cassino
  • the Italian town of Monte Cassino in the valley below the mountain
  • we reach the parking lot after the big coach climbs a big hill on a little road
  • garden of the Abbey of Monte Cassino
  • The Abbey was rebuilt after the war; Pope Paul VI reconsecrated it in 1964.
  • Saint Benedict
  • the stairs to St. Benedict's tomb
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  • Monte Cassino Abbey courtyard and well
  • the Liri Valley, Italy
  • Abbey of Monte Cassino vineyards
  • stairs to the Abbey entrance from the courtyard
  • feeding white doves in the Abbey courtyard
  • the Abbey of Monte Cassino today
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  • dedicated to St. Benedict
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  • inside the rebuilt Abbey
  • ceiling detail
  • inlaid marble posts, marble from all over the world was used
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