Statue of Saint Benedict (c.480 - 547) at the Abbey of Montecassino. As the Divine Office notes for his feast day (11th July): 'Born at Norcia in Umbria about the year 480. After studying at Rome, he led a life of solitude in Subiaco and gathered disciples around him, and then went on to Monte Cassino. Here he founded a well-known monastery and wrote his Rule, as a result of which he has been called the Father of monasticism in the West. He died on 21 March 547, but from the end of the eight century he has been venerated on 11 July in many places.'

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Fr Iulian Robu and Fr Gerard Cremin on the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, gita to Montecassino on 5th March 2017.

Members of the community of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, venerating the tomb of Saints Benedict and Scholastica in the Basilica at the Abbey of Montecassino, on 5th March 2017.

A guide explaining the history and architecture of the Abbey of Montecassino to members of the community of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, on 5th March 2017.

The tomb of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica in the Basilica at the Abbey of Montecassino.

The Basilica at the Abbey of Montecassino was destroyed when the monastery was bombed on 15th February 1944, during the final stage of World War II. It was re-built according to the architectural and decoration pattern of the 17th and 18th century design attributed to C. Fansago.

This 1955 Pontiac, partially restored, was for sale.

Door leading into the cell of Saint Benedict with the word 'PAX', meaning 'PEACE' overhead.

The Polish Cemetery, where over a thousand of those who died during the Battle of Montecassino in May 1944 are buried, as seen from the Abbey of Montecassino.

Deze houten staakmolen op torenkot is afkomstig uit Westkapelle, waar hij in 1771 werd gebouwd. Hij werd in 1920 afgebroken en naar Gits gebracht. Op het einde van de Grijspeerdstraat, tegen de grens met Torhout, werd hij opnieuw opgebouwd. De Grijspeerdmolen werd in 1975 als monument beschermd. De molen werd in 1979 weer afgebroken en overgebracht naar een stuk grond aan het Dominiek Savio-instituut in de Koolskampstraat. Hij werd gerestaureerd en opnieuw maalklaar gemaakt in 1984.

Foto: Willy Vereenooghe