Asolo

Venice gave Asolo to Caterina Cornaro, the former Queen of Cyprus, in 1489, and her court here drew poets and artists, Pietro Bembo among them. The walled town runs along a hilltop under Monte Ricco and its medieval Rocca, looking over the Veneto plain; Carducci called it the city of a hundred horizons. Eleonora Duse and Freya Stark both lived here and are buried at Sant'Anna.

Highlights

• The Rocca on Monte Ricco, a 12th-century fortress above the town
• Lorenzo Lotto's Assumption altarpiece in the cathedral
• Castle of Caterina Cornaro, now home to the Eleonora Duse theatre
• Palazzo della Ragione, home of the town museum
• Lace-making, the craft Asolo is best known for

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.