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Cassino (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.8167 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 131.233 feet |
40.0000 meters |
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Note: Occupied by Samnites, then by Romans 312 BCE; sacked by Hannibal 208 BCE; reconstructed & flourished in Imperial period through patronage of Ummidi family; site of important Benedictine monastery, established in 529 CE as center for arts & learning. |
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| Cassino (preferred,C,V)
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| Casinum (H,V)
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............ | from Volscian period to 6th century |
| Castel San Pietro (H,V)
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| Castrum Casinum (H,V)
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| Eulogomenopolis (H,V)
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| San Germano (H,V)
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............ | name used from Middle Ages until 19th cen. |
| S. Germano (H,V)
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Cassino (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Volscian city of Oscan origin, ca. 6th-7th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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since Roman period |
| archaeological site (C) |
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remains of Roman city, theater, amphitheater, temple dating from Volscian period, medieval manuscripts & tomb of St. Benedict |
| cultural center (H) |
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during Middle Ages |
| battlefield (H) |
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heavy fighting during WW II; monastery placed on hill forming part of German line barring Allied road to Rome |
| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Volscan (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| located on .... |
Via Latina .......... (road) |
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(World, Europe, Italy) [6006328] |
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