Asiago (ita)

Asiago

Asiago ranks 8,503rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cittiglio, Pirəbədil, and Kandel. Memorable people born in Asiago include Mario Rigoni Stern, and Enrico Fabris. Memorable people who died in Asiago include Ermanno Olmi, Mario Rigoni Stern, and Guido Romano. Asiago has been the birth place of many writers, and skaters and the death place of many film directors, and writers. Asiago is located in Italy.

Asiago is a minor township with the title of city in the surrounding plateau region in the Province of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Northeastern Italy. It is near the border between the Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regions in the foothills of the Alps, approximately equidistant (60 km) from Trento to the west and Vicenza to the south. The Asiago region is the origin of Asiago cheese. The town was the site of a major battle between Austrian and Italian forces on the Alpine Front of World War I. It is a major ski resort destination, and the site of the Astrophysical Observatory of Asiago, operated by the University of Padua. Read more on Wikipedia