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Asiago

type of Italian cheese, by 1922, named for town of Asiago (German Schlägen) in the Veneto region of Italy.

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asiago

n. a commune near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy

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Asiago

Asiago (; Cimbrian: Slege, German: Schlägen ) is the name of both a major Italian PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) cheese and a minor township (population roughly 6,500) in the surrounding plateau region (the Altopiano di Asiago or 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, and about equidistant (60 km) from the major cities of 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 major battle between Austrian and Italian forces on the Alpine Front of World War I. It is a major ski resort destination as well as the site of the Astrophysical Observatory of Asiago, operated by the University of Padua.

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By the middle of May everything was ready for the onset to begin, and this avalanche of soldiery came rolling down the Asiago plateau, between the Adige and the Brenta.

He organized fresh bases of supply, including water, of which there is none on the Asiago plateau.

Reta had prepared her usual artichoke dish with black olives and chunks of tomato and asiago cheese.

They had a pastry made with Asiago cheese and artichoke hearts that qualified as a mortal sin.

Vestal virgin and a priest of Asiago, a local god who had the misfortune of sharing a name with cheese, and was more than a little touchy about it.

On the same day, however, they had to evacuate Arsiero and Asiago, south of the Sette Communi.

June her armies regained the ground evacuated by the Austrians in a skilful retreat, including Posina, Monte Cimone, Arsiero, Asiago, and the whole of the Sette Communi.

Rebiere was told to march his men to their position in the line on the Asiago Plateau at 1000 metres above sea level.

Austrians and their allies were mostly in open country in front of the small town of Asiago itself and were thus easily observed by aeroplane.

We served an appetizer of jalapeno mango-lime ice, vinegar steamed crab legs and spinach salad with asiago garlic dressing.