The Montecassino abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the top of Montecassino, in Lazio. It is the oldest monastery in Italy together with the monastery of Santa Scolastica. Founded in 529 by San Benedetto da Norcia on the site of an ancient tower and a temple dedicated to Apollo, it has undergone over the course of its history an alternate story of destruction, looting, earthquakes and subsequent reconstructions. The majestic abbey church, completely destroyed during the Second World War, was later completely rebuilt and consecrated by Pope Paul VI in 1964. It has 3 Cloisters Entrance cloister or Southern: area where the temple consecrated to Apollo stood. Cloister of Bramante also known as Sant'Anna: in the middle position of Renaissance style built in 1595. Cloister of the Benefactors or Northern: built in 1513 probably from a design by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger characterized by two theories of statues depicting popes and sovereigns.

The Archaeological Area of Cassino, which rises along the road that connects the urban center to the Abbey of Montecassino, with the adjoining Museum represents the most evident trace of the ancient Roman Casinum. In addition to the remains of the polygonal walls, you can admire the Theater, the Mausoleum of Ummidia Quadratilla and the Amphitheater, which is the most important monument in this archaeological area, of the ancient city. The Roman Amphitheater of Cassino was built in the 1st century AD. by the will of Ummidia Quadratilla, as recalled by a plaque found in 1757 which shows that the same matron also had a temple built at her own expense, of which no trace remains. The Amphitheater was used for gladiator games. The architecture of the Amphitheater and the presence of large water sources in the territory of Cassino suggest that it was also used for naval battles, through a system that allowed part of the structure to be filled with water

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