Bassa'no,

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 782

Bassa'no, a walled town of Italy, in the province of Vicenza, on the Brenta, 30 miles N. by

W. of Padua by rail. It has a cathedral, and in the tower of Ezzelino is a fine library. Printing is the chief industry; and there is some trade in wine, olives, silk, and leather. In the neighbourhood Napoleon defeated the Austrian field-marshal Wurmsier in 1796. Pop. 6086.

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