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ASOLO (anc. Acelum) , a town of Venetia, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about 19 M. N.W. direct from the town of Treviso, and some 10 m. E. of Bassano by road. Pop. (19o1) 5847. It is well situated on a hill, 690 ft. above sea-level. Remains of Roman baths and of a theatre have been discovered in the course of excavation (Notizie degli scavi, 1877, 235; 1881, 205; 1882, 289), and the town was probably a municipium . It became an episcopal see in the 6th century . It was to Asolo that Catherine Cornaro , queen of Cyprus, retired on her abdication . Here she was visited by Pietro Bembo
Andrea
Paulus Manutius was born here. The village
Palladio
Paolo
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