Sant'Apollinare
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Sant'Apollinare is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Frosinone
Province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 comuni . Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of 3,244 km², and a total population of 489,042 .The Province was established by Royal Decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to Lazio...

 in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Lazio, located about 120 km southeast of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and about 50 km southeast of Frosinone
Frosinone
Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1...

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Sant'Apollinare borders the following municipalities: Cassino, Pignataro Interamna
Pignataro Interamna
Pignataro Interamna is a town and comune in Lazio, Italy. It takes its name from the ancient Roman colony of Interamna Lirenas....

, Rocca d'Evandro
Rocca d'Evandro
Rocca d'Evandro is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northwest of Naples and about 50 km northwest of Caserta.-History:...

, San Giorgio a Liri
San Giorgio a Liri
San Giorgio a Liri is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 120 km southeast of Rome and about 45 km southeast of Frosinone...

, Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano
Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano
Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 130 km southeast of Rome and about 50 km southeast of Frosinone....

, Sant'Andrea del Garigliano
Sant'Andrea del Garigliano
Sant'Andrea del Garigliano is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 130 km southeast of Rome and about 50 km southeast of Frosinone....

, Vallemaio
Vallemaio
Vallemaio is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 120 km southeast of Rome and about 50 km southeast of Frosinone...

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The town originated in 797, when Gisulf, abbot of Montecassino, created here a small monastic community. In the Middle Ages it had a castle commanding the Liri-Garigliano valley, now in ruins. It became part of the Lazio region in 1927. Due to its position across the Gustav Line, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

it suffered relevant destructions.

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