Bassano

Bassano may refer to:

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

People

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)

• Alexander Bassano (1829–1913), founder of companies in London known as:
  • Bassano and Davis, of 122 Regent Street (c. 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)

• Cesare Bassano (1584–1648), Italian painter and engraver

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. 1558 – c. 1617), a Venetian composer and cornettist
• Louisa Bassano, a 19th century singer, elder sister of Alexander Bassano
• Peter Bassano, conductor, born 1945, descendant of Anthony Bassano

Politics

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

Other

• Chris Bassano, cricketer

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.
• 6460 Bassano, an asteroid.

See also

• Bassani