Italy 1943–1945
Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial
War cemetery (Commonwealth)
The story
The largest Commonwealth cemetery in Italy: 4,271 graves, with the Cassino Memorial naming more than 4,000 soldiers of the Italian campaign who have no known grave. British, New Zealand, Indian, Canadian, South African and Gurkha soldiers lie together below the mountain they fought for.
What to look for
Walk the memorial panels by regiment, then look up: the abbey is framed above the headstones.
Plan your visit
CWGC. Open during gardeners' hours: about 08:00–12:00 and 13:00–15:30 in winter, 07:30–12:00 and 13:00–16:00 in summer; lock your car. Via S. Angelo, about 1 km from Cassino railway station.
- Open
- Winter 08:00–12:00 & 13:00–15:30; summer 07:30–12:00 & 13:00–16:00
- Access
- Wheelchair ramp at an alternative entrance about 200 m from the main one
- Notice
- Car thefts reported nearby: lock vehicles and leave nothing on view
Checked September 2026 from official sources: cwgc.org. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Historiale museum, Cassino · under 1 km
- Abbey of Monte Cassino · 2 km
- Rocca Janula (Castle Hill), Cassino · 2 km
- Polish War Cemetery and Memorial Museum, Monte Cassino · 3 km
- Point 593 memorial, Monte Cassino · 3 km
- 36th Division memorials and the Rapido, Sant'Angelo in Theodice · 4 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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