Cascina Fassane
The place
Cascina Fassane ("Fassane Farm") in the province of Vicenza, Recoaro Terme/Valli del Pasubio area (Piccole Dolomiti/Pasubio, Veneto, Italy), at 772 m elevation, on the Pasubio Ossario slope. Continuous Veneto Pasubio cluster (batches 220-364). Traditional farmstead (Fassane Venetian dialect + Recoaro Terme mineral spa town, 1689 since its discovery by Andrea Recoaro, classical physician, aqua acidula, Recoaro San Pellegrino competing spring 1700-1900 belle époque), beech-fir forest area of the Piccole Dolomiti + Pasubio 2232 m + Pasubio Ossario mausoleum 1926 5,100 Alpini/Kaiserjäger soldiers Italian/Austrian First World War Alpine Front 12,000 killed on Pasubio + heritage of the Venetians (pre-Roman Italic people, Padua Palladio 16th c. Venice Serenissima Republic 697-1797 a thousand years, 120 Doges + Venice Serenissima Doge Enrico Dandolo 4th Crusade 1204 sack of Constantinople decisive).
The setting
Vicenza Recoaro Terme/Valli del Pasubio Piccole Dolomiti/Pasubio Veneto Italy 772 m Pasubio Ossario, continuous cluster batches 220-364, Fassane Venetian dialect farmstead + Recoaro Terme spa 1689 Andrea Recoaro Aqua acidula competing San Pellegrino 1700-1900 belle époque, beech-fir forest Piccole Dolomiti + Pasubio 2232 m + Ossario 1926 5,100 Alpini/Kaiserjäger 12,000 killed on Pasubio WW1 Alpine Front, Venetians pre-Roman Padua Palladio 16th c. + Venice 697-1797 1,000 years 120 Doges + Dandolo 4th Crusade 1204 sack of Constantinople decisive.
