Cassino railroad station before the war...
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Cassino railroad station after the war, opposite view...Abbey in background. This photo give an idea also of the view from the Abbey on the city..Comment
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Now this Unterfeldwebel strap has relevance here.Esse Quam VideriComment
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Reverse. The strap was carried home from Cassino by a New Zealand soldier.Esse Quam VideriComment
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Still two days, and cassino will bombed with a carpet of thousand of tons bombs. I will show you how it was Cassino before its total destruction, in memory of a city that was neither more beautiful and not more ugly of many Italian cities ... but was Cassino not there anymore.
The center of the cityComment
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Hotel Continental on the right...Comment
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Hotel des Roses on the left. This name is not really correct. The big building was not a Hotel, but the house of the reach family called "De Rosa" (typical name of many families of Cassino), but the soldiers has a wrong translation of the name and "De Rosa" become "Des Roses".Comment
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The city area under the Castle Hill...Comment
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Another view of the center of the city...Comment
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Gardens...Comment
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This was the cable-car (I don't know if this is correct translation in english) that went from the train station until the Abbey of Montecassino. The wire was cut by a German plane (a Me-109) in November 1943. The plane then crashed near the railway station and remained there until the end of the battle of Cassino. The cable-way was not rebuilt after the war. The tower that was on the Hangman Hill gave this nickname to the hill.Comment
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A little "Then & Now" of the cable-way station. It is not perfect, I Know...but is impossible to take the same shot today...and I don't have an helicopter!
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Another shot of the "Hotel des Roses"...Comment
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The cable-car on the way for Monte Cassino...Comment
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And arrive on the Abbey (on background)...Comment
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