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Line 24: \| area_total_km2 = 25.37 \| population_footnotes = \| population_total = ~~9089~~8948 \| population_as_of = 31 December ~~2017~~2022 \| pop_density_footnotes = \| population_demonym = Asolani Line 40: }} '''Asolo''' ({{IPA-\|it\|ˈaːzolo}}) is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Veneto\|Veneto Region]] of northern [[Italy]]. It is known as "The Pearl of the [[province of Treviso]]", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings. It is one of [[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/veneto/\|title=Veneto\|date=10 January 2017 \|access-date=31 July 2023\|language=it}}</ref> [[File:The Fortress of Asolo, TV, Italy.jpg\|thumb\|The Fortress of Asolo.]] Line 51 ⟶ 52: The theatre was later purchased by [[Florida]], for the [[John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art]]. The theatre was disassembled, shipped to [[Sarasota, Florida]], and reassembled in one of the museum's galleries in 1952. It was then decided that the theatre should be reassembled into a usable theatre, on the museum's grounds in the late 1950s. The ~~newly~~Historic ~~constructed~~Asolo ~~theatre~~Theater opened in 1958, and is now the home of ~~both~~the museum's Art of Performance program. Additionally, this theater was the birthing ground for the [[Asolo Repertory Theatre]] and the [[Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training]]. The town was also home to the English poet [[Robert Browning]], the actress [[Eleonora Duse]], the explorer [[Freya Stark]], the violinist [[Wilma Neruda]] and the composer [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]].<ref>[http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.18.a.php Richard Stillwell, ed. ''Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites'', 1976:] "Acelum (Asolo), Italy"</ref><ref>Leslie E. Ellis. "The Early History of the Asolo Theatre" [[Florida State University]], Dissertation.</ref> ===Jewish history=== The earliest evidence of Jews in Asolo dates back to the middle of the sixteenth century. At that time, 37 Jews were living in Asolo. The community had owned a cemetery, from which two ancient tombstones are presented in the local gallery.<ref>[https://belecaselusa.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/asolo-hebrew-inscription.jpg ~~ancient~~Asolo ~~tombstones~~Hebrew ~~are~~inscription ~~presented~~image] inbelecaselusa.files.wordpress.com ~~the~~September ~~local gallery].~~2014</ref> On November 22, 1547, 10 Jews belonging to the community of Asolo, consisted at the time of 7 families and 2 guests, were killed by a mob led by a man called Antonio Parisotto. Five Jewish families’ houses were destroyed. A number of the attackers were put to justice and sentenced to death or exile.<ref>~~http~~{{cite encyclopedia\|title=Asolo\|author1=Gotthard Deutsch\|author2=Flaminio, Servi\| encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia\|url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2022-asolo}}</ref> One of the survivors was Marco Cohen, who founded the Cantarini family, known for several of its members such as [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3978-cantarini-hayyim-moses-angelo-ben-isaiah-azriel Hayyim Moses Cantarini], and others.<ref>{{Google books \|id=Z1W0p5B7UgEC \|page=113 \|title=Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern Europe }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_03904.html\|title = Cantarini}}</ref> Other documentations of the Jewish community of Asolo mentions the prohibition of Jews bearing weapons and obligation to wear the [[yellow badge]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|title=Asolo · ITALIA JUDAICA \|access-date=2014-10-13 \|archive-date=2020-10-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029043438/http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> There is evidence to Jewish presence after the 1546 attack, dating from the middle of the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|title=Asolo · ITALIA JUDAICA \|access-date=2014-10-13 \|archive-date=2020-10-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029043438/http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Jewish quarter (diaspora)\|Jewish quarter]] was situated at the turn of Colmarion street, bounded on the north by the old road Colmarion, on the south by Piazza del Pavion and by the last stretch of via s. Caterina and crossed by the short Belvedere alley - this area was called "the [[Ghetto]]", housing about six houses.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|title=Asolo · ITALIA JUDAICA \|access-date=2014-10-13 \|archive-date=2020-10-29 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029043438/http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/1086 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Line 70 ⟶ 72: [[File:Castello della Regina Cornaro Asolo.jpg \| thumb\|220x124px \| right \| Inner court view of the Castle]] ''Palazzo della Ragione'', housing the city's museum. The ~~Cathedral~~cathedral, built in 1747. In the interior is the ''Assunta'' altarpiece by [[Lorenzo Lotto]]. For a number of years, the Convento di Santo Pietro (situated just below la Rocca) housed an American university: [[CIMBA\|Consortium International for Management and Business Analysis (CIMBA)]].<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.asolofestival.com/ \|title=Asolo Festival] \|access-date=2007-06-24 \|archive-date=2022-12-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209030202/http://asolofestival.com/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cimbaitaly.com CIMBA]</ref> Students from all over the world lived, studied, and worked in the converted convent in Asolo while earning their MBA. The CIMBA program has since been relocated to a larger campus in nearby [[Paderno del Grappa]]. * Chiesa dell'Assunta (Assumption of Our Lady, who is portrayed in the mosaic of the main façade), the cathedral of the former residential see of Acelum or Asolo. Line 78 ⟶ 80: * Chiesa di Santa Caterina, with frescos from the 14th century * Chiesa di Sant'Anna, next to the cemetery where [[Freya Stark]] and [[Eleonora Duse]] are buried. == Demographic evolution == <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:465 height:313 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:9500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1861 text:1861 bar:1871 text:1871 bar:1881 text:1881 bar:1901 text:1901 bar:1911 text:1911 bar:1921 text:1921 bar:1931 text:1931 bar:1936 text:1936 bar:1951 text:1951 bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2021 text:2021 PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:1861 from: 0 till:0 bar:1871 from: 0 till:5451 bar:1881 from: 0 till:5813 bar:1901 from: 0 till:5832 bar:1911 from: 0 till:6564 bar:1921 from: 0 till:6741 bar:1931 from: 0 till:6413 bar:1936 from: 0 till:6710 bar:1951 from: 0 till:7078 bar:1961 from: 0 till:6253 bar:1971 from: 0 till:6161 bar:1981 from: 0 till:6285 bar:1991 from: 0 till:6651 bar:2001 from: 0 till:7648 bar:2011 from: 0 till:8931 bar:2021 from: 0 till:8960 PlotData= bar:1861 at:0 fontsize:XS text: ? shift:(-8,5) bar:1871 at:5451 fontsize:XS text: 5451 shift:(-8,5) bar:1881 at:5813 fontsize:XS text: 5813 shift:(-8,5) bar:1901 at:5832 fontsize:XS text: 5832 shift:(-8,5) bar:1911 at:6564 fontsize:XS text: 6564 shift:(-8,5) bar:1921 at:6741 fontsize:XS text: 6741 shift:(-8,5) bar:1931 at:6413 fontsize:XS text: 6413 shift:(-8,5) bar:1936 at:6710 fontsize:XS text: 6710 shift:(-8,5) bar:1951 at:7078 fontsize:XS text: 7078 shift:(-8,5) bar:1961 at:6253 fontsize:XS text: 6253 shift:(-8,5) bar:1971 at:6161 fontsize:XS text: 6161 shift:(-8,5) bar:1981 at:6285 fontsize:XS text: 6285 shift:(-8,5) bar:1991 at:6651 fontsize:XS text: 6651 shift:(-8,5) bar:2001 at:7648 fontsize:XS text: 7648 shift:(-8,5) bar:2011 at:8931 fontsize:XS text: 8931 shift:(-8,5) bar:2021 at:8960 fontsize:XS text: 8960 shift:(-8,5) TextData= fontsize:S pos:(20,20) text:Data from ISTAT </timeline> === Foreign ethnicities and minorities === As of December 31, 2022, foreigners residents in the municipality were {{formatnum:1169}}, i.e. {{formatnum:13.1}}% of the population. The largest groups are shown below:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://demo.istat.it/str2022/index.html\|editor=ISTAT\|title=Demographic balance and foreign resident population as at 31 December 2022 by gender and citizenship\|accessdate=31 July 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://www.tuttitalia.it/veneto/35-asolo/statistiche/cittadini-stranieri-2023/ Foreign citizens] tuttiitalia.it</ref> # [[Romania]] {{formatnum:584}} # [[Morocco]] {{formatnum:97}} # [[Kosovo]] {{formatnum:54}} # [[Republic of Macedonia\|North Macedonia]] {{formatnum:53}} # [[Albania]] {{formatnum:49}} # [[China]] {{formatnum:49}} # [[Ukraine]] {{formatnum:30}} ==Economy== Asolo is best known for its lace production. and also for one of the largest companies in the Italian and international technical mountaineering and hiking footwear sector: Scarpa. Casella d'Asolo is home to the headquarters of Fashion Box S.p.a., founded in 1981 by Claudio Buziol. Replay is an Italian denim and smart casualwear brand belonging to the industrial group with exports that account for around 92% of the total turnover.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.venetoeconomia.it/2022/05/da-doha-allaustralia-le-nuove-aperture-di-replay/\|title=Da Doha all'Australia, le nuove aperture di Replay\|language=it\|accessdate=25 May 2022}}</ref> ==Infrastructure and transport== Located along the state road 248 Schiavonesca-Marosticana, between 1914 and 1931 Asolo represented the western terminus of the Montebelluna-Asolo tramway, the first element of a never built rail route between Bassano del Grappa and Susegana, which at the time represented an important development tool for the economy of the area. Since 2014 it has been connected to Montebelluna and Treviso by several bus lines of MOM - Mobilità di Marca.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://mobilitadimarca.it/p/linee-e-orari/servizio-extraurbano/invernale-2024-in-vigore-dal-08-01-2024\|title=Servizio extraurbano - MOM \|language=it}}</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Asolo Il Castello.JPG\|Aerial view of the castle File:Asolo - Duomo - Campanile.jpg\|The imposing bell tower of the Duomo File:Campanile di Asolo.jpg\|View of the historic center of Asolo from the castle File:VillaScottiPasini.jpg\|Villa Scotti Pasini, in the center of the city, whose façade overlooks Piazza Garibaldi File:Fontana Asolo.jpg\|Fountain in Piazza Garibaldi, with the lion of St. Mark File:Lorenzo Lotto 039.jpg\|[[Lorenzo Lotto]], the ''[[Asolo Altarpiece]]'' (1506) File:Madonna Asolo.jpg\|Fresco in the loggia of the civic museum File:Asolo - chiesa di Santa Caterina - indulgenza.jpg\|Terracotta plaque walled into the façade of the church of Santa Caterina </gallery> ==References== Line 96 ⟶ 207: [[Category:Hilltowns in Veneto]] [[Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia]]