Asiago

Asiago is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) with the title of city<a href="https://www.asiago.it/it/altopiano_di_asiago/asiago/#google_vignette">[1]</a> in the surrounding plateau region (the Altopiano di Asiago or <a href="/facts/Sette_Comuni/EIqSRBaW">Altopiano dei Sette Comuni</a>, Asiago plateau) in the <a href="/facts/Province_of_Vicenza/leC5MUyL">Province of Vicenza</a> in the <a href="/facts/Veneto/ejrBn3n0">Veneto</a> region of Northeastern <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>. It is near the border between the <a href="/facts/Veneto/ejrBn3n0">Veneto</a> and <a href="/facts/Trentino-Alto_Adige%2fS%25C3%25BCdtirol/IxxpM1X0">Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</a> regions in the foothills of the <a href="/facts/Alps/Q3zdQId4">Alps</a>, approximately equidistant (60 km) from <a href="/facts/Trento/BTPFn2p9">Trento</a> to the west and <a href="/facts/Vicenza/0vWc4ukH">Vicenza</a> to the south. The Asiago region is the origin of <a href="/facts/Asiago_cheese/JEvanX1y">Asiago cheese</a>. The town was the site of a <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Asiago/Xpe3tDTW">major battle</a> between Austrian and Italian forces on the <a href="/facts/Alpine_Front/EduvVolR">Alpine Front</a> of <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>. It is a major ski resort destination, and the site of the <a href="/facts/Asiago_Observatory/Ka31lWmP">Astrophysical Observatory of Asiago</a>, operated by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Padua/dDhWkTKW">University of Padua</a>.

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