Italy 1943–1945
Point 593 memorial, Monte Cassino
Battlefield and memorial
The story
The white cross on Point 593 marks the summit that the US 34th Division, the 4th Indian Division and finally the Poles fought over from January to May 1944. It is the best place to understand the killing ground of the Cassino massif: rocks, thin soil and no cover.
What to look for
Walk up from the cemetery; on top, find the abbey to the east, Albaneta farm and the Snakeshead ridge to the north-west.
Plan your visit
Short, steep, stony path (10–15 min up); good shoes needed.
Nearby sites
- Polish War Cemetery and Memorial Museum, Monte Cassino · under 1 km
- Abbey of Monte Cassino · 1 km
- Rocca Janula (Castle Hill), Cassino · 2 km
- Historiale museum, Cassino · 3 km
- Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial · 3 km
- German War Cemetery, Caira · 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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