The Benedictine Monastery
The Benedictine monastery, stormed by the Lombards in 589, the Saracens in 884, and the Normans in 1030 and temporarily deserted, was each time refounded on the original site. The parent house of Western monasticism, it was during the Middle Ages an outstanding centre of the arts and of learning. Casino Games Paul the Deacon (c. 720–799) wrote his history of the Lombards there, founding a...
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