BASSANO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• VENETIA

Venetia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• VICENZA

Vicenza, 24 M . N.E. of Vicenza and 30 M . N. of See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua by See also:

• RAIL

rail, at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Venetian See also:

• ALPS

Alps . Pop . (1901) See also:

• TOWN

town, 7553 ; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, 15,097 . It is well situated upon the Brenta, which is here spanned by a covered wooden See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, and commands See also:

• FINE

fine views . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, erected by the Ezzelini in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, lies in the upper portion of the town, above the See also:

• RIVER

river; a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, erected by a member of the same See also:

• FAMILY

family, is a conspicuous feature . The museum and See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and some of the other churches contain pictures by the da See also:

• PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

Ponte family (16th and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 17th century), surnamed Bassano from their See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place; Jacopo is the most eminent of them . The museum also contains drawings and letters of the sculptor See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio See also:

• CANOVA, ANTONIO (1757-1822)

Canova . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S . See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco, begun in the 12th century in the Lombard Romanesque See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, was continued in the 13th in the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic style . Some of the houses have traces of paintings on their facades .

In the 1th century Eccelin, a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, obtained fiefs in this See also:

• DISTRICT

district from See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad II. and founded the family of the Ezzelini, who were prominent in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Italy in the 13th and 14th centuries . Bassano apparently came into existence about A.D . 1000 .. Its See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession was disputed between Padua and Vicenza; it passed for a moment under the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Gian Galeazzo See also:

• VISCONTI

Visconti of See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, who fortified it . At the beginning of . the 15th century it went over to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice; its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries flourished under Venetian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, especially its See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press and manufacture of See also:

• MAJOLICA

majolica, the latter of which still continues . On the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1796 an See also:

• ACTION

action was fought here between the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and the Austrians, in which the French were victorious . (T .