Cassino celebrates its patron saint on March 21, with great religious celebrations that involve the entire ciociarian village and many local associations every year. The Feast of the patron San Benedetto begins with the traditional mass in honor of the saint, inside the imposing cathedral of Cassino and continues with Read more…
The Festival of Polenta and Puffed Corn takes place in Cassino in Antridonati, near S. Angelo in Theodice and summarizes all the characteristics of local translations and history. In fact, the event also unites the party of the emigrants and is a weekend dedicated to strengthening the bonds of the Read more…
Saltarello is life. It is a dance of life, of liberation, of challenge. Saltarello contains a world of messages, proposals, waste, gambling, outburst, union and jealousy. Saltarello is an ancient dance. They danced almost always outdoors, on the farmyards, after intense working days in the harvest, in the wheat harvest Read more…
In its wide variety of styles jazz is an intense musical genre, immediately felt and of great artistic depth that brings everyone together, very much like young people who find ideas compared to other types of music interesting. In Ciociaria the Jazz music festivals are real occasions because they combine Read more…
In the enchanting medieval setting of the Rocca Janula great jazz spreads its notes in the city of Cassino with the Festival of Jazz Music, a review of figurative art and jazz music inside the summer program of CassinoArte that takes place in early September . Together with the nearby Read more…
Work of the intellect has always been highly valued by the Benedictine Rule and in the copying of the texts of the past, each amanuensis decorated the texts with refined miniatures. St. Benedict claimed that the monks should read and write to understand the word of God and to help Read more…
It can be said that modern Europe is due to the work of the monks and all Western monasticism was born from the Rule ‘Ora et Labora’ of San Benedetto who, precisely for this reason, was named as the patron saint of Europe. The word monk comes from the Greek Read more…
Much has been written about the desperate state of Cassino in the fight for survival by the Germans against the incessant bombing by the Allies, about the Gustav line – and about the indominable spirit that has seen Cassino – like several other towns in Ciociaria – revive, if not Read more…
The fort is on a steep cliff on the slopes of Montecassino and was built by Abbot Aligernus around 960 to defend the abbey and the village below by the constant attacks of the enemies. According to some scholars, the name derives from the Latin “ianua” (door) and would indicate Read more…
The Varroniane spa is named after the famous writer Varro who lived in the first century. B.C. and had a villa here, in the area called ‘Monticelli’. In ancient times the god of waters. Deluentinus, was worshipped here. The Varroniane baths are immersed in a rich and picturesque vegetation due Read more…
