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A?solo
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Known as "la CittA dai cento orizzonti" (the city with a hundred horizons), the medieval walled town of
A?SOLO
presides over a tightly grouped range of nearly thirty gentle peaks in the foothills of the Dolomites. In 1234 Ezzelino da Romano wrested the town from the Bishop of Treviso; on his death in 1259 the townspeople ensured that the dynasty died with him by massacring the rest of his family, who were at that time in nearby San Zenone.
The end of the fifteenth century was marked by the arrival of Caterina Cornaro - her celebrated court was attended by the likes of Cardinal Bembo, one of the most eminent literary figures of his day, who coined the verb Asolare to describe the experience of spending one's time in pleasurable aimlessness. Later writers and artists found the atmosphere equally convivial: Gabriele d'Annunzio wrote about the town, and Robert Browning's last published work - Asolando - was written here.
There are regular
buses
to A?solo from Bassano; if you want to get there from Venice, it's quickest to take a train to Treviso, from where there are buses at least hourly (some change at Montebelluna) - in addition to the direct A?solo services, all the buses to Bassano go through A?solo and MasA?r
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