Bassano del Grappa / Italy

Bassano del Grappa or Bassan/Bassàn ) is a city and comune, in the Vicenza province, in the region of 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. Some neighbourhoods of these communes have become in practice a part of the urban area of Bassano, so that the population of the whole conurbation totals around 70,000 people. The artist Jacopo Bassano was born, worked, and died in Bassano, and took the town name as his own surname.