Follow-up to a pair of posts on the manuscripts of Montecassino (here and there), some photos of the monastery proper.

Outside Spaces

Entrance cloister of Montecassino with the statue of the death of St. Benedict	So-called Bramante Courtyard, the statue on the left is St. Benedict and on the right is his sister St. Scholastica, with her birds
Donors Courtyard outside the main Basilica

Inside the Monastary

The shrine of St. Benedict, located on the site of his own cell inside the oldest buildings on the monastery grounds. The current decorations are from the early part of the 20th Century.
Long corridor inside the monks quarters with the cells off to both sides. This is part of the operating monastery and so is off-limits to all women.	Refectory of the monks

Inside the Monastery Basilica
Much of this was destroyed in the 1943 bombings, and has since been rebuilt to the original plans. The frescos are new, and show the styles of the 1960s more then the 1660s

Main nave	Organ and console in the choir
Carved-wood choir-stalls	Main crypt under the altar with mosaics representing the tree of the Order of St. Benedict branching out from the tomb of Benedict behind the wall.

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