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`CASSINO`
`A city in the Lazio Region of Italy (the Roman countryside) with a population of approximately 40,000 people.` `When it was a Roman outpost its name was Casinum and was the larder of the Roman Empire . Many Roman ruins can be found such as the Roman Amphiteater of Ummidia Quadratilla. When St. Benedict built the great monastary in 529 AD above Casinum, its name was changed to San Germano.` `After the unification of Italy in 1870, the city was renamed Cassino . During WWII Cassino was entirely destroyed as Allies as they` attempted to oust the Germans who had occupied the mountain near the Montecassino, above the city. Cassino was totally rebuilt after WWII and now has a major university with a respected engineering school, has modern cafe`s, shops with top fashions and quality Italian designs, and great restaurants. `Cassino is also a center for marble production, especially the Coreno marble. Cassino is located 1.5 hours from Rome , 1.5 hours fromPompeii/Naples, and 30 minutes from the Tyhrrenian Coast , aka the Riviera of Ulysses, and 2 hours from the Amalfi Coast.`

CASSINO

A city in the Lazio Region of Italy (the Roman countryside) with a population of approximately 40,000 people.

When it was a Roman outpost its name was Casinum and was the larder of the Roman Empire . Many Roman ruins can be found such as the Roman Amphiteater of Ummidia Quadratilla. When St. Benedict built the great monastary in 529 AD above Casinum, its name was changed to San Germano.

After the unification of Italy in 1870, the city was renamed Cassino . During WWII Cassino was entirely destroyed as Allies as they attempted to oust the Germans who had occupied the mountain near the Montecassino, above the city. Cassino was totally rebuilt after WWII and now has a major university with a respected engineering school, has modern cafe`s, shops with top fashions and quality Italian designs, and great restaurants.

Cassino is also a center for marble production, especially the Coreno marble. Cassino is located 1.5 hours from Rome , 1.5 hours fromPompeii/Naples, and 30 minutes from the Tyhrrenian Coast , aka the Riviera of Ulysses, and 2 hours from the Amalfi Coast.