ASOLO (anc. Acelum), Venetia, Italy, province of Treviso, about 19m. N.W. direct from Treviso, some 1 om. E. of Bassano by road and Iom. W.N.W. of Montebelluna by tram. Pop. (1931) town, 3,033 ; commune, 9,799. It is on a hill, 69oft. above sea-level. Remains of Roman baths and of a theatre have been discovered in the course of excavation. It became an episcopal see in the 6th century. Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus, retired here on abdication and was visited by Pietro Bembo, who conceived here his Dialog/ii degli Asolani, and by Andrea Navagero (Naugerius). Paulus Manutius was born here.