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ASOLO (anc. Acelum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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, 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 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.

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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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