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20 unusual facts about Bassano del Grappa


Alpine Brigade Cadore

The second battalion of the brigade, the Feltre Alpini Battalion in Feltre along with the Agordo Mountain Artillery Group in Bassano del Grappa was tasked to cover the many Dolomite mountain passes on the left flank of the Pieve di Cadore Alpini Battalion.

Alpini songs

: On the famous "Bridge of the Alpini" in Bassano del Grappa the Alpini say goodbye to their loved ones, before departing to the nearby front.

Antonio Demo

Father Antonio Demo (S. Lazzaro at Bassano del Grappa, Italy, April 23, 1870 - New York City, January 2, 1936) was a New York City Italian American priest and civic activist.

Bartolo Nardini

Founded in 1779 and based in Bassano del Grappa, the company produces four million bottles of grappa per year - over a quarter of the world market - making it the brand leader in this area.

Bassano Virtus 55 S.T.

Bassano Virtus 55 Soccer Team is an Italian association football club, based in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto.

In the end of the season Bassano Virtus was surpassed by Reggiana and later lost the promotion play-off final with Calcio Portogruaro-Summaga (2–3 in Portogruaro and 1–2 in Bassano del Grappa) also due to a penalty not granted to Bassano, that could have changed the outcame of the match.

Battle of Castelfranco Veneto

Where the Brenta leaves the mountains, the Austrians surprised and ejected the French garrison of Bassano on 22 November.

Capitulation of Dornbirn

Turning east into the Val Sugana and south into the Brenta River valley, the Austrians surprised the French garrison of Bassano on 22 November.

Gianni De Fraja

He was born in Bologna, where he spent the first five years of his life, before moving to Bassano del Grappa and then on to Mestre, near Venice, where he lived until he was eighteen.

Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Bassano (1510– 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, from which he adopted the name.

He was born around 1510 in the town of Bassano del Grappa, located about 65 km from the city of Venice.

Luisa Vania Campagnolo

Luisa Campagnolo (born Luisa Vania Campagnolo at Bassano del Grappa in the province of Vicenza on January 1, 1968) is an Italian luthier.

Miki Biasion

Born at Bassano del Grappa, Biasion came to prominence in the early 1980s, winning both the Italian and European Rally Championships in 1983, driving a Lancia 037.

Music of Veneto

The town of Bassano del Grappa in the province of Vicenza is the site of OperaEstate Festival Veneto, involving performances at many different locations in the town, virtually turning the entire town into one large operatic venue.

Opta Sports

Opta Sports is a sports data company with headquarters in London and other offices in Leeds, Munich, Bassano del Grappa, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Montevideo and Amsterdam.

Paul Davidovich

In the second relief of Mantua, Wurmser and his chief-of-staff Franz von Lauer planned to transfer major elements of the army from the upper Adige River valley to Bassano del Grappa via the Brenta River valley.

Poli Grappa Museum

The Poli Grappa Museum is set up in Bassano del Grappa, the capital of Grappa, inside a palace of the fifteenth century, in front of the historic wooden Bridge "Ponte Vecchio".

Roger Joseph Boscovich

In 1783 he returned to Italy, and spent two years at Bassano, occupying himself with the publication of his Opera pertinentia ad opticam et astronomiam, etc.

Teresa Rampazzi

After her husband died in 1984, Rampazzi moved to Assisi and then to Bassano, where she continued to compose.

Tiziano Siviero

Tiziano Siviero (born 28 October 1957 in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto) is an Italian rally co-driver.


Leandro Bassano

Leandro Bassano (June 10, 1557 – April 15, 1622), also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian artist from Bassano del Grappa, the younger brother of Francesco Bassano the Younger and third son of Jacopo Bassano, who took their name from their town of Bassano del Grappa.

Paderno del Grappa

The municipality of Paderno del Grappa is approximately 45 miles north of Venice, and in close to larger towns, Asolo and Bassano del Grappa, also in the Treviso province.

Second Battle of Bassano

The engagement, which happened two months after the more famous Battle of Bassano, marked the first tactical defeat of Bonaparte's career and occurred near Bassano del Grappa in Northern Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Teofilo Folengo

In 1543 he retired to the Santa Croce monastery of Campese, near Bassano; and there he died on the 9th of December 1544.