Asolo
Encyclopedia Britannica
ASOLO, the ancient Acelum, a fortified town of Northern Italy, in the province of Treviso, about 19 miles distant from the city of that name. It is built in a beautiful and healthy situation, and possesses a cathedral and the ruins of a Roman aqueduct. In the neighbourhood is the former palace of Catharine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus, now turned into a dairy. Not far off is the quarry of Rocca. Population, 5437.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2, p. 714
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