As'olo, an ancient walled and turreted city of Venetia, commanding from the hills a noble view over the plains to Venice, 35 miles to the SE.; it has memories of Caterina Cornaro, queen of Cyprus, of Canova, and of Robert Browning, who celebrates the place in his Asolando. Pop. 955.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 498
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