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Cassino

Town in Lazio, southern Italy, 80 km/50 mi northwest of Naples, at the foot of Monte Cassino; population (2001) 32,800. Industries include engineering, printing, food-processing, and papermaking. Cassino was the scene of heavy fighting in 1944 during World War II, as it was a key position blocking the Allied advance to Rome, and most of the town was destroyed. It was rebuilt slightly south of its former site. The abbey on the summit of Monte Cassino, founded by St Benedict in 529, was rebuilt in 1956 to repair the damage caused by Allied bombardment.

There are remains in the vicinity of the Roman town of Casinum.



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After some time spent in saying little or doing less, Lady Middleton sat down to Cassino, and as Marianne was not in spirits for moving about, she and Elinor luckily succeeding to chairs, placed themselves at no great distance from the table.
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Collins sat down to quadrille; and as Miss de Bourgh chose to play at cassino, the two girls had the honour of assisting Mrs.
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