Bassano

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Bassano is an Italian surname and the name of several places in Italy.

Contents 1 Places 2 People 2.1 Visual arts 3 Music 4 Politics 5 Other 6 References

[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
  • San Bassano, in the Province of Cremona

• Bassano, Alberta in Canada
• Bassano Airport in Canada

[edit] People

[edit] Visual arts

• 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)

• 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)

[edit] Music

See also: Lanier family tree

• Jeronimo Bassano, a 16th century Venetian musician who led a family of musicians who moved to the court of Henry VIII of England
• Anthony Bassano, musician, son of the above
• Giovanni Bassano (c.1588 – c.1617), a Venetian composer and cornettist
• Louisa Bassano, a 19th century singer, elder sister of Alexander Bassano

[edit] Politics

• Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duc de Bassano (1763 – 1839), a French statesman

[edit] Other

• Bassano Virtus 55 S.T., an Italian football club, based in Bassano del Grappa.
• The Battle of Bassano fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the Italian Province of Venetia, between French forces under General Bonaparte and Austrian forces.

[edit] References