Art: War in the Treasure House

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One dismal implication was unstressed by Sir Charles's report: the thickest cluster of Italian art and architectural treasures is still north of the battle line; as the fighting moves north, the destruction will inevitably be greater.

At week's end the Allies were reported to be bombing the Nazi-occupied 6th-Century Abbey of Monte Cassino, where St. Benedict founded the Benedictine order of monks, 1,415 years ago.