See also:ASOLO (anc. Acelum)
, a See also:town of See also:Venetia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of Treviso, about 19 M
.
N.W. See also:direct from the town of Treviso, and some 10 m
.
E. of See also:Bassano by road
.
Pop
.
(19o1) 5847
.
It is well situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, 690 ft. above See also:sea-level
.
Remains of See also:Roman See also:baths and of a See also:theatre have been discovered in the course of excavation (Notizie degli scavi, 1877, 235; 1881, 205; 1882, 289), and the town was probably a See also:municipium
.
It became an episcopal see in the 6th See also:century
.
It was to See also:Asolo that See also:Catherine See also:Cornaro, See also:queen of See also:Cyprus, retired on her See also:abdication
.
Here she was visited by Pietro See also:Bembo, who conceived here his Dialoghi degli Asolani, and by See also:Andrea Navagero (Naugerius)
.
See also:Paulus See also:Manutius was See also:born here
.
The See also:village of Maser is 42 M. to the E., and near it is the See also:Villa Giacomelli, erected by See also:Palladio, containing frescoes by See also:Paolo Veronese, executed in 1566—1568 for See also:Marcantonio See also:Barbaro of See also:Venice, and ranking among his best See also:works
.
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