Mercatino, musica e museo
For over 20 years, the historic center of Asolo has hosted more than 50 exhibitors from across the country every second Sunday of the month.
In the streets and squares of one of Italy’s most charming villages, you can find jewelry, watches, paintings, collectibles, furniture, prints, books, and everything else that speaks to the tradition, history of the area, and more.
A new and rich vintage corner also awaits you.
Free guided tours, included in the reduced ticket price, are available at the Rocca and the Civic Museum.
(Info: www.museoasolo.it – info@museoasolo.it – Phone: +39 0423 952313)
San Vito
Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Tomb: A Complex of Peace and Poetry
On the road from Asolo to Castelfranco, the family tomb garden, designed by architect Carlo Scarpa Brion, is worth a visit.
Commissioned by Scarpa’s widow, Onorina Brion Tomasin, after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Giuseppe Brion, the structure embraces the cemetery of the village of San Vito di Altivole, representing a path of commemoration, silence, and reflection.
Construction of the complex began in 1970 and ended in 1978, the year of the architect’s death in an accident while in Japan. The work was later completed based on the architect’s designs, where he was also buried, as requested in his will, at a point where his monumental creation joins the old municipal cemetery.
The entire structure is conceived and designed with the viewer in mind: the perimeter wall allows a view of the bell tower of the old village church and the Asolo hills.
The work represents the synthesis of the master’s diverse experiences in working with bare reinforced concrete combined with other materials, blended with Zen philosophy and Japanese art.
It’s no wonder, then, that this work has attracted thousands of visitors from all over the world for decades: the sense of peace that Scarpa’s garden emanates is priceless.
Maser
Before arriving in Asolo is mandatory for tourists to stop for a visit to Maser Villa Barbaro, one of the absolute masterpieces of Palladio. Inside there are the famous frescoes by Paolo Veronese and the back is attached to a fascinating museum of old carriages. Noteworthy is also the temple of the House, again by the Palladio, an ingenious reinvention of the Roman Pantheon.
Possagno
8 km from Asolo Possagno rises, the location in the foothills where he was born Antonio Canova. The temple Canova dominates the town and the whole valley and presents works by the same Canova, Luca Giordano and Palma il Giovane.
Montegrappa
The Charnel House, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele III and the Great War Museum in places Cima Grappa, as well as the many other museums, both public and private, give an idea of what the First World War meant for the Massif.