Rocca Janula

Rocca Janula

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4.0 of 5 bubbles45 reviews
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Annalisa T
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 • Family
Very interesting visit, very prepared and kind guide, you do not pay ticket but free offer. It is definitely worth stopping at this site before arriving above Montecassino, as the history of the two sites is connected. Recommended the visit! To see the tower of Frederick II
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Written December 29, 2024
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Richard F
Swindon, UK1,596 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2017 • Friends
Many people will probably pass this without realising its importance in the battles for the monastery. It's 'the castle' in most accounts. We were lucky enough to be able go inside the fence and get a closer look where you can see right down into the town almost as well as from the monastery, but you are overlooked by the monastery all the time you are there.

A classic example of being between a rock and a hard place for the soldiers that fought and died there.
Written September 9, 2017
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Seymouria
London, UK85 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2016 • Friends
Yet another scene of vicious fighting in WWII, a place with great. Jews and historical pieces inside that have not been over-touristified. Well worth a stop on your way up to Cassino, if it's open.
Written October 22, 2016
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Ngilai
Nanyuki Municipality, Kenya82 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Couples
No sign of any activity and no notice boards saying about entry times etc. Looks like the project has been abandoned. Real shame given its importance in the battle.
Written June 27, 2019
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Bruce L
1 contribution
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Solo
I had the opportunity to visit "The Castle" before it was restored. I would have preferred they left it as it was from the battles that took place both inside and outside its walls. Dozens of Brits and Germans were killed fighting for possession of it. The Germans blew a large hole in the wall facing the Monastery in an attempt to re-capture it after the British forces captured it several days previously. They succeeded in doing so. Unfortunately, the hole was filled in during the restoration process. The entire castle was covered in bullet and artillery shell hits both inside and outside the structure. Unfortunately, they are no longer in evidence and what remains today is the sanitized Disneyland version of the Castle after it was restored. It is kind of sacrilegious to restore a place that, in its former condition, showed the visitor the actual battle scars that many soldiers sacrificed their lives, and the visitors would get a chance to experience what took place there firsthand. At the time I was there. there were quite a few leftover inert spent rifle and pistol shell cases still littering the ground from the battle at the Castle. Fortunately, the unrestored tower still bears the scars of the battles that took place there.
Written February 23, 2024
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toniShanghai
shanghai673 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2016 • Couples
We've watched this restoration over few years coming to this area. Huge crane on the skyline the lot. What I don't know is why? Who spent the money doing it up and why bother, we've never passed it open and actually as a ruin it looked great on the skyline! Basically you will pass it when driving up to Montecassino, no need to stop
Written July 5, 2016
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Scorpio-1001
Vancouver, Canada580 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2016 • Solo
there are great veiws of the city of cassno and surounding valley.

There is not muchto see in the building itself. it is free to enter and kinda of interesting. I think they may do midevel shows at certian tinmes of the year.

there is also a good veiw of war memorial sculpture.
Written May 21, 2016
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Rasputin21
Ashburton, Australia2,228 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2016 • Couples
The Rocca Janula can only be reached if you have your own transport. If you travel by coach or local bus you will only get views of it from the hairpin bends.
It appears to have survived the bombing although refurbishment can be seen in the area around it. The gates are locked so photographs can only be taken through the gate if you have the opportunity to stop.
Written May 8, 2016
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