Monte+Casino

==__Monte Casino __==

History Monte Casino was founded by St. Benedict about 529 ad in a hill on the remains if a Roman fortification used as a temple for Apollo where they made sacfifices. It became a model for future monasteries, It was destroyed a number of times. In 584 the Lombards sacked the abbey. during this time the monks went to Orleans in France. Montecasino fluorished when the abbot Petrunax returned in 718. In 883 the Saracens sacked and burned the monastery. Under the directions of Pope Victos the buildings were reconstructed an a bigger scale. They decorated the abbey with mosaics brought from Constantinople. Achitects from all the world marked on it. An earthquake damaged the abbey in 1349 and since then it declined. In 1944 was the battle of Monte Cassino. The monastery was bombarded by the US in WW2 there was a rumor that the abbey was being used to hide the Germans. The abbey was recunstructed in 1964. Characteristics It has 4 towers. It's in a rocky hill abourt 130km southeast of Rome, Italy. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the benedict order, here around 529. It was the site of the battle of Monte Cassino.

Renovations and Changes It was renovated after the battle of Monte Casino and now it is used as museum and they give tours around it. Related People St. Benedict of Nursia, the person who stablished the monastery was a christian saint of the Roman church. Pope Benedict visited the building. John the Baptist: the buidling was reused to be dedicated to him. Neil Christine, an archeologist that discovered important facts about the monastery.

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Group Members Estuardo Ureta Alessandro Vela Alejandro Madrazo