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Picture 1: Maybe Volterra Picture 2 & 3: San Gimignano Special interest for the last picture: I was there myself but can't remember the city name.  edited: Piazza del Popolo, Roma, Onelisco Flaminio
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Another strong showing. We would have liked to take in Volterra, but that shot is also of San Gimignano. The towers are the giveaway. About as perfect a hilltop town as it is possible to imagine.
An easy and a difficult one to follow this evening.
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We'll just do the easy one as even RedThree could not find anything photogenic at our stop for tonight. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/QLPbLwj.jpg)
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Monte Cassino monastery I think. My Polish father-in-law was badly wounded there before settling in the UK with his family after a spell in Bari.
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Quite right. A pilgrimage for me because my father, also Polish but in the RAF, bombed it. The Polish cemetery is at the top of the mountain; the other allied graves are at the bottom. It gave one a new appreciation of the astonishing feat of building it a thousand years ago and of the tough terrain over which the troops had to advance in 1944. It's a climb of several steep miles to get to the top.
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Thank you. My wife and I and my parents visited the monastery in 2001 and had a poignant moment overlooking the Polish cemetery. We also visited the allied cemetery at the bottom of the hill. Quite a day and very sobering.
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After the bombardment & destruction in WWII the monastery was completely rebuilt. Worth a visit, ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/39361878uk.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/39361876rr.png) ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/39361877ov.png) ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/39361880dl.png) sorry for the poor resolution but those are digital pictures from times before even mobile phones became semi professional cameras
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As you have passed Roma, are you heading south to Napoli and the Amalfi coast or maybe even further?
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Excellent photos. What a fantastic road trip. I think the M3W looks great with that screen. 
Giles. Mogless in Paris.
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