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Asiago (Italy)

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Coordinates

11.51223 11.51223 45.87588 45.87588 (gooearth )

MARC

Other Identifiers

Library of congress: n 83212933

Sources of Information

Ferrero, M. I dialetti cimbri della Lessinia e dell'altopiano di Asiago nelle testimonianze della loro evoluzione, 1981 (subj.)
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Wikipedia description:

Asiago (Italian: [aˈzjaːɡo]; Venetian: Axiago, Cimbrian: Slege, German: Schlägen [ˈʃlɛːɡn̩]) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) with the title of city[1] in the surrounding plateau region (the Altopiano di Asiago or Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, Asiago plateau) 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.