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Abbey of Montecassino, Italy!

Index	Quiz: Monte Cassino is the source of the what order?
Shot Titles	Abbey of Montecassino, Italy.
Equipment Used	Pentex K1000
Date	2000
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The Abbey of Montecassino from the Polish cemetery.

View of Monte Cassino monastery from Polish cemetery.

Entrance to the Abbey is adorned with PAX "a greeting signifying Christian love transmitted from one to another" (above left). Entrance cloister and garden with bronze statue of the Death of St Benedict, as he is dying, he rests on Brother Placid and Brother Maurus (left). Click on picture (above right) for Desktop Background Picture page formatted for 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.

Dove and bird bath in the cloister garden.

Cloister of Bramante, Monastery of Montecassino. Click on picture for Desktop Background Picture page formatted for 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.

In front of the steps to the church at Montecassino stand two statues: St. Benedict on the left and St. Scholastica on the right. The statue of Benedict, though damaged in the bombing in 1945, survived with restoration; the statue of St. Scholastica has been recreated based on photos, as the original was destroyed.

Steps to the entrance of the church at Montecassino.

View of the cloister of Bramante from the entrance to the church at the top of the stairs.

Another cloister at the top of the stairs.

Door carving and mosaic of Christ, St. Scholastica on the left and St. Benedict on the right.

Alter inside the Church.

Fresco on the ceiling and mosaic on the wall.

Ceiling mosaic. Click on picture for Desktop Background Picture page formatted for 1280 x 800 pixel resolution.

Statue and and another door carving.

Entrance to the Museum. One of a pair of greyhounds that at one time flanked the altar of the original 11th century floor. The grayhound mosaics are located in the Museum (pictured below right).

Statues of three Saints. St. Crescentinus (above left) died year 303 AD., as a warrior saint. St. Sebastian (above center) died year 288 AD., as a warrior saint. St. Scholastica (above right) died year 547 AD. and she was the twin sister of St. Benedict.

A small cloister garden at the exit of the Museum.

WWII artifacts (above) from the Battle of Monte Cassino or the Battle for Rome. Monte Cassino was part of the German Gustav line defenses and was assaulted four times by Allied troops with high casualties. The Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino from the Abby Museum.

The Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino holds the graves of over a thousand Poles who died, storming the bombed-out abbey atop the mountain in May 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino.

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Answer to Quiz ==>	The Benedictine Order.