Bassano
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Bassano or Bassan (Hebrew: בַּאסַאנוֹ, Standard Bāssān'o Tiberian Bəšənōh;) is a Jewish surname derived probably from arabic name Bassan, elegant. Others varying of the surname Bassano can be: Bassan (exists also a Venetan root), Bassani, Basseni, Al Bassan (in the Arabic world).
[edit] See also
[edit] Places
- Communes in Italy:
- Bassano Bresciano, in the Province of Brescia
- Bassano del Grappa, in the Province of Vicenza
- Bassano in Teverina, in the Province of Viterbo
- Bassano Romano, in the Province of Viterbo
- Bassano, Alberta in Canada
[edit] People
- a photographic business in London:
- Alexander Bassano (1829-1913), founder of companies known as:
- Bassano and Davis, of 122 Regent Street (ca. 1866)
- Bassano's Studio's Ltd, of 25 Old Bond Street, (1904-1905)
- Bassano Limited, of 25 Old Bond Street (from 1906)
- Bassano and Vandyck Studio, (from 1964)
- Giovanni Bassano (c.1588 – c.1617), a Venetian composer and cornettist
- Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano (1763 – 1839), a French statesman
- Members of one family of painters:
- Francesco Bassano the Elder (c.1475 – 1539)
- Jacopo Bassano (c.1515 – 1592)
- Leandro Bassano (1557 – 1622)
- Francesco Bassano the Younger (1549 – 1592)