Asolo
Asolo, a small town in the province of Treviso in Veneto, is part of the club of the Most Beautiful Villages of Italy.
The place name, in Latin Acelum, is attested as early as the 1st century AD. Scholars have identified in it the Indo-European root *ak, meaning "pointed place", referring therefore to the hilly nature of the territory or, more specifically, to the hill on which the fortress stands.
The territory extends over the point of transition between the Venetian plain and the overlooking hilly area that heralds the Belluno Prealps (the Asolo hills).
If, therefore, the southern half, with Villa d'Asolo and Casella, is completely flat, with altitudes varying between 80 and 100 m above sea level (the lowest, 74 m, is found at the border with Spineda in Riese Pio X), the northern half is characterised by the presence of modest hills that culminate at the 379 m of the San Martino knoll, to the north-east. The main town itself perches among the hills, overlooking the plain below, and the town hall is at an altitude of 210 m. Lower are the hills of the western area where Pagnano stands (the Cogorer hill, 176 m).
The only watercourse of note is the Musone stream, which rises a little further north, in the municipality of Monfumo, and continues between Pagnano and the main town before entering the plain. Worth mentioning are a few springs (the Fornet spring, the Breda fountain).
