Top of the World
ആശ്രമം at Montecassino, built in the 6th century, sits on top of the mountain, ചില 520 metres above sea-level. അവിശ്വസനീയമായ വാന്റേജ് പോയിന്റ് ഉണ്ട്. ഒരേ സമയം protected ആശ്രമം പോലെ തെളിയിച്ചു. അതിന്റെ അടുത്ത. Built by the Benedictine ഓർഡർ ചുറ്റും 529 AD, the abbey became the centre of the world ' s attention many years later during World War Two when it emerged as a key defensive position of the German army. In 1944. the allies were attempting to liberate ഇറ്റലി നിന്ന് occupying നാസി forces but were thwarted by a series of German strongholds ഉൾപ്പെടെ ഗുസ്താവ് കാലങ്ങളുടെ Montecassino was at the heart of. On the 15th February 1944 the നിരാശരായി allied സൈന്യങ്ങളുടെ decided to bomb the abbey as they believed it was being used as cover by the defending forces.
The abbey was ഏതാണ്ട് പൂർണ്ണമായും നശിപ്പിച്ചു. എങ്കിലും നാശം failed to inspire the collapse of the defence and the യുദ്ധം raged on വേണ്ടി ഒരു കൂടുതൽ 3 മാസം. On the 18th May 1944 ശേഷം 4 മാസം 1 ദിവസം fearsome fighting in the area in which the town താഴെ ആയിരുന്നു പൂർണ്ണമായും razed to the ground, the allies managed to make their നടത്തിയിട്ടില്ല but at the cost of hundreds of lives ഉൾപ്പെടെ 230 സാധാരണ who had been hiding in the abbey when it was bombed.
Incredibly, the abbey was rebuilt, brick by brick and stone by stone in 1964 and has since been consecrated by various popes. ആശ്രമം as it is seen today is മനോഹരമായ ഉദാഹരണം ഇറ്റാലിയൻ വാസ്തുവിദ്യ drawing thousands of visitors from around the world every year.
