Cassino

Cassino is a comune within the province of Frosinone, valuable Italy, on the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last City of the Latin Valley. Cassino is placed at the foot of Monte Cairo close to the confluence of the Gari and Liri rivers. The town is satisfactory known as the website of the Abbey of Montecassino and the Battle of Monte Cassino all through World War II, which ended in massive Allied and German casualties in addition to the close to general destruction of the town itself. It is likewise domestic to the University of Cassino. Cassino has a populace of 36,512 as of February 2017, making it the second largest metropolis in the province.

Cassino's origins lie in the Volscan settlement of Casinum, sited atop the hill of Cassino near Monte Cairo, 5 kilometres to the north. Casinum surpassed underneath the manipulate of the Samnites, however the Romans eventually received control of Casinum, setting up a fortified colony there in 312 BC. During the Roman technology the most venerated god was Apollo, whose temple rose up on Monte Cassino, in which today stands the abbey. At least as soon as at some point of Punic Wars, Hannibal surpassed close to Casinum. Casinum was additionally the website online of a villa presumed to belong to Marcus Terentius Varro.