Val d’Assa
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The deep valley which divides Canove from Roana, in the homonymous municipality, preserves the oldest traces of human presence on the Asiago... Read more →
Riparo Battaglia (Battaglia shelter)
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The “Riparo Battaglia,” in the Prunno locality in Asiago, stands among the seasonal settlements of the Upper Paleolithic. It is a protrunding... Read more →
Marcesina
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The plain was frequented by hunters and gatherers since the end of the glacial period, 11,000 years B.C. “Riparo Dalmeri” is the most interesting... Read more →
Val Lastaro – Monte Corgnon
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Two significant prehistoric sites are also located in the eastern part of the Plateau, in Val Lastaro (1,060 metres, less than 3 kilometres as... Read more →
The Bostel
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This important archaeological site – the first permanent village of the Plateau – lies less than a kilometre to the south – east of Castelletto,... Read more →
Castelletto Archaeological Museum
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At the beginning of the road leading to the archaeological site of Bostel, a museum with artefacts from various archaeological sites of the... Read more →
Institute of cimbrian culture – Roana
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The Institute was founded in 1973 in Roana, in order to register the forms of this language still spoken, and to investigate the questions... Read more →
Church of Santa Margherita (St. Margaret)
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Located along the provincial road that from Rotzo leads to Pedescala, it is deemed the oldest church in the Plateau by a report of a bishop visit... Read more →
Torre scaligera
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A Roman presence was found in the Enego territory at the Tower of Bastia, towards the bottom of the valley, perhaps soldiers in transit. This... Read more →
Campana (Lusiana)
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Campana, one of the 25 hamlets and districts in which the town of Lusiana is divided, has a tower with at its base one of the oldest bells in... Read more →
Calà del Sasso
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Built in 1388 by the municipality of Asiago to evade the heavy taxes imposed by the neighbouring municipalities for the communications with the... Read more →
I mulini di Gallio
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Since the 16th century the presence of some factories for tanning leather, moved by the water of the stream, is documented in the valley of Valle... Read more →
Palazzo della Reggenza (Regency Palace)
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The Federation of the “Sette Comuni” (Seven Municipalities) was ruled by a Council (named “Reggenza,” Regency) composed by 14 councillors, two... Read more →
Monte Zebio
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The Monte (mount) Zebio is the original core of the Ecomuseum of the Great War, the place where the different phases of the conflict and military... Read more →
Il Sacrario
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The War Memorial of Asiago, the most visible monument of the Plateau, is one of the ossuaries of the First World War: it houses the remains of... Read more →
Rifugio al Termine
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The high Val d’Assa is the main link between the Plateau and the Trentine, and for centuries the “Termine” was not only the border between two... Read more →
Malga Galmarara
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You reach Malga Galmarara by car, leaving the state road of the Val d’Assa shortly past the former Osteria alla Cut and going right along the old... Read more →
Cima Portule
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The Portule is the Mario Rigoni Stern’s most beloved mountain. From its summit, the view is impressive, and all around you can see the Plateau of... Read more →
Monte Ortigara
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The Ortigara is one of the most popular destinations of the Asiago Plateau, with decades of continuous pilgrimages from all over Italy, before by... Read more →
Cima XII
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It’s the highest peak of the Asiago Plateau, the one that as a child Mario rigoni Stern dreamed of reaching. The area is rich in... Read more →
Monte Fior – Castelgomberto
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Monte Fior – Castelgomberto is a very interesting area for the historical aspect (during the war this area was called “the key of the... Read more →
Monte Cengio
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The last bulwark against the breakage of the Austrian army towards the Venetian plain during the Strafexpedition, Monte Cengio (Mount Cengio,... Read more →
Sasso
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The only “frazione” (partition) of the municipality of Asiago, Sasso is reachable travelling along the beautiful Val Chiama with a deviation from... Read more →
The forts
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The system of fortifications built during the years before the outbreak of World War I constitutes, together with the network of trenches and... Read more →
Monte Lemerle – Val Magnaboschi
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Among Monte Lemerle, Val Magnaboschi and Monte Zovetto, sacred area of the Italian infantry, in 1916 some of the fiercest battles of the Great... Read more →
The Gadda’s oak and the writers of war
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Actually it is a huge beech, which can also be seen along the road 349 that leads from Treschè to Canove, and which, according to tradition, was... Read more →
Historical museum of the first world war
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Housed in the former railway station of Canove and gradually expanded over the years, in 14 themed rooms for a total of 600 square meters it... Read more →
Other war museum
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Among the several minor collections on the Plateau dedicated to the war (Treschè Conca, Sasso di Asiago, Enego, the same War Memorial), the... Read more →
Il Sentiero del silenzio (The Path of silence)
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In Campomuletto, in the Gallio area, you will find this fascinating route through the woods, with a dozen artwork installations designed to... Read more →
The train
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The Piovene-Asiago railway line was inaugurated in a snowy February morning of 1910, just over 25 years after the submission of the first... Read more →
The bridge at Roana
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The problem of the connection between Canove and Roana overcoming the Val d’Assa took a long public debate in the late 19th century, and led to... Read more →
La piana di Granezza
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Battlefield area during the Great War, as evidenced by the English cemetery, which among others houses the remains of the writer Vera Brittain... Read more →
Camporovere
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In the night between August 8 and 9, 1944, the fascists burned down half of the village of Camporovere, 74 houses, in retaliation against two... Read more →
Ex segheria della Romita
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In the short story “La segheria abbandonata” (The Abandoned Sawmill), Rigoni Stern reconstructed a fine episode of human solidarity occurred in... Read more →
Malga Fossetta
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The area of Malga Fossetta was the theatre of the two great Nazi-Fascist mopping-ups of June 5 and 10, 1944, which dispersed the “picco... Read more →
Altar Knotto
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The large rock formation overlooking the Val d’Astico, at 1334 metres above sea level in the territory of Castelletto di Rotzo, has always been a... Read more →
The caves
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The second karstic massif in Europe, the Plateau is crossed by many underground caves. Over 3000 of them have been explored, the deepest of which... Read more →
The City of rock and the “Castelloni”
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The rock formations known as “Cities of Rock” for their shape is reminiscent of small skyscrapers, even if the apparent overlap of the layers may... Read more →
The bogs
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Among the most unusual environments of the Plateau there are the Marcesina’s bogs, included in the “Sites of Community Importance” by the... Read more →
Didactic museum of natural science
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The natural environment of the Plateau is reflected in the Asiago Didactic Nature Museum, dedicated to the memory of Patrizio Rigoni, an... Read more →
The museum of water
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Designed by the Settecomuni Speleological Group and opened to the public in 2009 in a rural building in Kaberlaba, the Museum collects, organises... Read more →
Astronomical observatory
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Somewhere in the skies there is an asteroid that bear the name of 12811Rigonistern. The astronomers Ulisse Munari and Maura Tombelli discovered... Read more →
Museo alle Carceri (Asiago Prison Museum)
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The building of the former prison, which now houses a fascinating museum lovingly restored and transformed into an exhibition centre, was built... Read more →
Museo dei Cuchi (Whistles Museum)
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“The whistles were standing in rows on boards laid on trestles: in front, the little ones that cost ten cents were the simplest: a five... Read more →
Painted quarry of Rubbio
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In some abandoned marble quarries, east of Rubbio, the artist of Bassano Toni Zarpellon has created some very original artistic itineraries. In... Read more →
Ecomuseum of Lusiana
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The arrangement given in recent years by the municipality of Lusiana to its historic, natural and cultural treasures is particularly... Read more →
Churches
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Asiago The Duomo of San Matteo (St. Matthew), the main church of Asiago, was first built in 1393. After the destruction during the Great War it... Read more →
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