Montecassino Abbey & Genazzano (Our Lady of Good Counsel)
10 hours Departure/arrival: Rome HIGHLIGHTS
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ITINERARY Your private driving guide will pick you up at your hotel in Rome and drive you to Montecassino Abbey, where you will have a guided tour of the church and the religious complex. Free time for lunch and continuation to the off the beaten path village of Genazzano. You will experience the life of a typical Italian village and see the church of the fresco of the infant Jesus and his Mother. Return to Rome in the late afternoon. |
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DESCRIPTION
Montecassino Abbey sits atop a large hill, below which lies the city of Cassino. The basilica, richly decorated in stucco and mosaics, enshrines the relics of St. Benedict and his sister, St. Scholastica, which survived the bombings during World war II. The monastic church, the main destination for pilgrims, features an urn under the high altar containing the relics of Benedict and Scholastica. The Abbey is considered one of the most spectacular religious sites in Europe. The hill town of Genazzano was a vacation resort for noble Roman families. The main church holds the original fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, after the allegedly miraculous fresco. The image is executed on a thin layer of porcelain no thicker than an egg shell. Over the centuries, devotions to Our Lady of the Good Counsel grew among saints and Popes. This Augustinian church is one of the most popular Marian sanctuaries in Italy
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