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{{Expand Italian|topic=geo|Asiago}} {{Short description|Township in Veneto, Italy}} {{About|the settlement in the Province of Vicenza, Italy|the cheese of the same name|Asiago cheese}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Asiago | official_name = Comune di Asiago | native_name = Slege | image_skyline = Asiago - 2615694751.jpg | imagesize = 200px | image_alt = |image_flag=Flag_of_Asiago.svg| image_caption = Asiago | image_shield = Coat_of_arms_of_Asiago.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{Coord|45|52|N|11|31|E|region:IT-34_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=VEN}} | province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=VI}} (VI) | frazioni = [[Sasso (Asiago)|Sasso]] | mayor_party = | mayor = Roberto Rigoni Stern | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 162 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute ([[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]])</ref> | population_total = 6462 | population_as_of = 31 December 2014 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Asiaghesi/Slegar | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = 1001 | twin1 = | twin1_country = |istat=| saint = [[St. Matthew]] | day = 21 September | postal_code = 36012 | area_code = 0424 | website = {{Official website|http://www.comune.asiago.vi.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Asiago''' ({{IPA|it|aˈzjaːɡo|lang}}; [[Venetian language|Venetian]]: ''Axiago'', [[Cimbrian]]: ''Slege'', [[German language|German]]: ''Schlägen'' {{IPA|de|ˈʃlɛːɡn̩|}}) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) with the title of city[https://www.asiago.it/it/altopiano_di_asiago/asiago/#google_vignette] in the surrounding plateau region (the ''Altopiano di Asiago'' or ''[[Sette Comuni|Altopiano dei Sette Comuni]]'', '''Asiago plateau''') in the [[Province of Vicenza]] in the [[Veneto]] region of Northeastern [[Italy]]. It is near the border between the [[Veneto]] and [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] regions in the foothills of the [[Alps]], approximately equidistant (60 km) from [[Trento]] to the west and [[Vicenza]] to the south. The Asiago region is the origin of [[Asiago cheese]]. The town was the site of a [[Battle of Asiago|major battle]] between Austrian and Italian forces on the [[Alpine Front]] of [[World War I]]. It is a major ski resort destination, and the site of the [[Asiago Observatory|Astrophysical Observatory of Asiago]], operated by the [[University of Padua]].
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