Military Shrine of Asiago
Between 1932 and 1936 the Military Shrine of Asiago was built on the Leiten Hill, which houses the remains of over 55,000 Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who diedin the fighting held on the Plateau during the War of 15-18. Inside the Ossuary there is an interesting museum open to the public where memorabilia, remnants of war and photographic documents of the time are displayed.
City Hall
Between Piazza Carli and Piazza II Risorgimento stands the City Hall built of red and white asiago marble. The municipal palace, rebuilt after the First World War, is equipped with a bell tower with the Lion of St. Mark carved on white marble.
Piazza Carli, the Fontana del Fauno, the Cathedral of San Matteo
In Piazza Carli,completely renovated in 2011, you can admire the Fauno Fountain with a base in asiago red marble, the only element of the square that remained unchanged and subject only to restoration. Here there is also the Cathedral of San Matteo,patron saint of the city. Inside the church of San Matteo, also destroyed during the Great War and then rebuilt, there are preserved two shovels by Francesco da Ponte il Giovane and the other by Francesco da Ponte il Vecchio. Outside, on the south side of the Duomo, in 2003 the ancienttriptych-shaped sundial was relocated with a painting in the center of San Matteo.
Other points of interest in the city
In the city center still noteworthy are the statue of Blessed Giovanna Maria Bonomo located in the middle of Corso IV Novembre, in front of her birthplace, and the Church of San Rocco always along the main street of Asiago.
Parks and routes near the center of Asiago
The Parco della Rimembranza,which is a sacred area in honor of the fallen and missing in Russia, is a green area very close to the center a few meters from the Cathedral of San Matteo. Here stands the Little Church of Santa Maria Liberatrice. Much larger is the Parco Brigata Regina,also known as Parco Millepini,within which there are achildren's playground, paths along which you can walk easily and where you can also practice cross-country skiing, an adventure park,three tennis courts and a squeathing court, the Millepini Tourist Palace with its recently renovated theater.
Adjacent to the Regina Brigade Park is the Ice Palace or Pala Hodegart,the covered ice stadium where asiago's top-flight hockey team (Hockey Club Asiago) plays Hockey Championship games and where ice skating can be practiced at all times of the year.
Easily accessible on foot from the center of Asiago is the Lumera Pond,a small reservoir, where you can also practice sport fishing. Here you arrive along a picturesque dirt road shaded by a row of poplars.
Le Carceri Museum
This evocative museum, unique in its kind, is located in the building that, until the end of the 60s, housed the prisons of the Plateau of the Seven Municipalities. Abandoned for decades, it was completely renovated respecting its original structure and used as a Museum, where the main exhibitions of the Asiago Plateau are organized.
Naturalistic Educational Museum "Patrizio Rigoni"
The Museum is located in the elementary schools "Monte Ortigara" of Asiago, in Viale della Vittoria (the avenue that leads to the Military Shrine). This museum houses dioramas, i.e. reconstructions of prealpine environments, and collections of birdlife (local birds) and other animals.
Water Museum
Born from an idea of the Seven Municipalities Speleological Group, the Water Museum, located in Kaberlaba,aims to study and treat the karst phenomenon that characterizes the Asiago Plateau and the consequent lack of water on the surface. The Museum, also through a special educational path, deals with the theme of water in order to make visitors understand the importance of this priceless asset.
War cemeteries
War cemeteries that house the remains of soldiers who died during World War I in the bitter fighting that took place on the Asiago Plateau are worth a visit, namely: the British Military Cemetery of Boscon, the British Cemetery of Granezza,the British Barenthal Cemetery,the British Cemetery of the Easel and the Austro-Hungarian Cemetery on Mount Mosciagh.
Golf course
Meltar, 5 km from the city centre, is the Asiago Golf Club, whose 18-hole playing field is considered one of the best in Europe.
Ski slopes
The Asiago ski area offers the possibility to practice both cross-country and downhill skiing. Below is the list of slopes in the municipality of Asiago with essential info:
• Asiago Golf Arena Fund Center – Nordic ski area with 4 different slopes (Golf, Prunno, Fratta and Barenthal) for a total of 42.5 Km
• Kaberlaba – ski area for alpine skiing with low and medium difficulty downhill slopes
• Campo Scuola Linta – downhill ski slope for children and beginners, located just outside the center of Asiago in the direction of Bassano
• Ski Area Val Formica,CimaLarici – easy difficulty downhill track. Since February 2, 2014, the new asiago 2000 four-seaterchairlift has come into operation, capable of carrying up to 1200 people per hour.
