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Bassano del Grappa (Venetian simply: Basan, italianized: "Bassan" or "Bassàn") is a city and "comune" in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove. The artist Jacopo Bassano was born, worked, and died in Bassano and took it as his surname. Bassano Del Grappa is also famous for the spirit Grappa. History: The city was founded in the 2nd century BCE by a Roman called Bassianus, whence the name, as an agricultural estate. The first news of the existence of the medieval city dates from 998, while the Castle is mentioned first in 1150. In 1175 Bassano was conquered by Vicenza, but the city maintained a semi-autonomous status as a free commune in the 13th century also, when it was under the family of the Ezzelinos. In 1368 it was acquired by the Visconti of Milan and, in 1404, by the Republic of Venice: the latter did not alter ... Read more about Bassano del Grappa on Wikipedia

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