Bassano

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

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

*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

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.