BASSANO, a city in the Austrian kingdom of Venetian Lombardy, in the delegation of Vicenza. It stands on the river Brenta, over which there is a bridge 180 feet in length. It is surrounded with walls, and has six gates, one of which, built by Palladio, is very much admired. It contains 30 churches with some fine paintings, several religious houses, and other public edifices. Pop. about 12,000. It has extensive silk mills, besides manufactures of cloth, paper, straw hats, copper ware, &c.; and the printing establishment of S. Remondini employs about 1000 persons.