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Hi! This is Rachel and I'm going to be writing a little bit about our day trip to the towns of Possogno, and Asolo. In Possongo we visited a statue collection of works by the artist Antonio Conova. Then we walked up a nearby hill to see this church, the first church we visited in Italy so far. It was modeled after the Pantheon style, and is one of the very small number of churches in Italy which faces directly south instead of facing east as most churches and religious establishments are built to do.

The first church we visited in Possongo.
Later in the day we went to a small town called Asolo, one of my personal favorite places we've visited thus far. On the biggest hill in the town was a giant fortress, and so we proceeded to hike up to see the view from there before breaking off into small groups and exploring on our own. The group I was with went to a cafe and sat outside eating gelato and drinking cafe lattes.
Caterina, my host sister, jumping for a picture in the streets of Asolo on our way to get gelato.
Town of Asolo.
Classic Italian streets in Asolo.

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  1. UnknownJune 10, 2018 at 3:40 PM

    mmmm gelato

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  2. UnknownJune 12, 2018 at 7:56 PM

    Wow, love the pics of the town (breathtaking) and post. It’s as if I was there.

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