Asolo
Asolo is a town in the province of Treviso in the Veneto region, with 8988 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Geography
Asolo is located about 40 km northwest of Treviso and 15 km east of Bassano del Grappa.
Neighboring municipalities are:
Altivole, Castelcucco, Fonte, Maser, Monfumo, Paderno del Grappa and Riese Pio X.
History
The hills of Asolo were already settled in the 7th and 6th centuries BC by the Venetians. Ruins of thermal baths and a theater which bear witness to the Roman city Acelum. Various Signorie prevailed in Asolo, until it came under Venetian rule.
1489 the young noblewoman Caterina Cornaro was married to the King of Cyprus to ensure the supremacy of Venice in the Mediterranean. After his assassination, she was compelled to abdicate the crown. In return they received Asolo as a domain and resided there with her entourage at the Castello della Regina to 1509th were famous their festivals with spectacles and tournaments.
Attractions
- Santa Maria Assunta: The Duomo Santa Maria Assunta ' was to 969 Bishop Church and received its present form in 1747 by Giorgio Massari. The façade was built until 1889. Inside a painting by Lorenzo Lotto is seen, representing the Assumption. Also located there is the copy of a painting by Titian on the same subject.
The villa Scotti - Pasini from the 17th century with its hanging gardens was the residence of Robert Browning. He appreciated the view as one of the most beautiful panoramas that he had ever seen.
Personalities
Sons and daughters:
- Matteo Grassotto ( born 1980 ), Italian racing driver
People with relationship to the city:
- Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), humanist scholar and cardinal wrote a dialogue about love - Gli ASOLANI ( Asolaner calls), which is located at the court of Caterina Cornaro in Asolo
- Robert Browning (1812-1889), English poet and playwright, held from 1878 to again and again in Italy, lived in Asolo, Villa Scotti - Pasini
- Wilhelmina Neruda (1839-1911), Moravian violinist, lived in Asolo at Palazzo Beltramini, now the parish hall, 1895 to 1898, the year of the death of your son Ludwig Norman Neruda
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973), Italian composer and musicologist who lived from 1910 until his death in the city, which he 1916 musical monument sat with his piano cycle Poemi asolani
- Freya Madeline Stark (1893-1993), English explorer and travel writer, spent the last years of its centenary life in Asolo, where she died and is buried
Others
In Castello, which was largely demolished in 1820 by the Asolanern, there was a large wooden auditorium from the 1698. Among others, played here Eleonora Duse. The interior was bought in 1949 by John Ringling and shipped to Sarasota in Florida. There has been faithfully reconstructed at the Ringling Museum again and is used by a theater company from Florida State University.
Sports
Asolo was in 2010 destination of the 205 -kilometer 14th stage of the Giro d' Italia and the first time represented at this cycling event staged plan.