Asiago (; Venetian: "Axiago", Cimbrian: "Slege", German: "Schlägen" ) is 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 &lt;a href="Trentino-Alto%20Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol"&gt;Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol&lt;/a&gt; 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.