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BASSANO

Volume 4 · 87 words · 1842 Edition

a city in the Austrian kingdom of Venetian Lombardy, in the delegation of Verona. It stands on the river Brenta, over which there is a bridge 186 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, with 1600 houses, and about 11,000 inhabitants, who find employment in various manufactures. Long. 11. 38. 45. E. Lat. 45. 45. 34. N.