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Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast of Rome , Italy , c. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Casinum having been on the hill) and 520 m (1,706.04 ft) altitude. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery , the source of the Benedictine Order, here around 529. It was the site of Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944. The site has been visited many times by the Popes and other senior clergy, including a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in May 2009. The monastery is one of the few remaining territorial abbeys within the Catholic Church . pics by Marcio Calais Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cassino

Today I visited the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, one of the most important among several that exists in Rome, you can find in them signs of the first Christian communities as the paintings left on the walls of the catacombs, and is also a place where martyrs were well known in Brazil and worldwide, as St. Cecilia and St. Tarcisius. They are on the right of the Appian Way, after the church of "Quo Vadis?". The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians. They are named after the deacon Callixtus who, at the beginning of the third century, was appointed by pope Zephyrinus as the administrator of the cemetery and so the catacombs of St. Callixtus became th

Last week I visite the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, the basilica was built where the Apostle Paul was buried, below you can see some photos of this beautiful location.  

After three years in Jordan on June 24 and I came to Italy, I'm gonna miss a lot of parents who won my heart. Now begins a new stage, studying in Italy, this will be a bit difficult but what is life without challenges, I hope you pray for me Goodbye party in Jordan