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BASSANO DEL GRAPPA

The town of Bassano is located 55 km from BEB IN VALLE and the town, with most inhabitants in the province of Vicenza. Situated at the northern edge of the Venetian plain at the foot of the Alps in Vicenza, the point where the Brenta Canal flows into the valley of the Brenta. Also like Vicenza was awarded the gold medal for bravery for the sacrifices of its people and its activities in the partisan struggle during the Second World War. Bassano, has a strong cultural and historical fact, and ore of them are points of interest such as museums and structural works that strongly characterize the image of the city itself. From the Dome of Bassano dating to the eleventh century, Villa Angarano originally designed by Andrea Palladio around 1548, but the wings were designed by the famous architect. The main building was designed by Baldassare Longhena in the seventeenth century.

Villa Rezzonico XVII-XVIII century with chapel, park and garden, attributed to Baldassare Longhena Architects and Giorgio Massari. Part of the statues and stucco that are in the house are attributed to A. Canova and Abbondio Stanzio. In the main hall there are some paints and canvases of Antonio Canova, D. Pellegrini, and many others. While some rooms of the villa accomaodate a collection of ancient paintings by authors as Dosso Dossi and antiques. The American architect Paul Chalfin was inspired to make this Villa Vizcaya in Miami (USA) in 1914-1916.

The bridge on the Brenta Bassano, called Ponte Vecchio bridge, is also known as the Alpine and is the subject and the title of a popular song of the Alpini.
The story begins well before the bridge in 1209 when it had its first construction dates. This structure was finally swept away by river floods in October 1567. Andrea Palladio in 1569 designed a new bridge initially proposing a totally different project, The City Council rejected the project. Then during summer 1569 Palladio returned to a project on a wooden structure, of great visual impact. The deck was supported on four wooden poles triangular and was covered by a roof supported by Tuscan columns. This bridge since ancient times was the main means of communication between Bassano and Vicenza.

Museum
Museum Library and Archives of Bassano del Grappa, established in the early nineteenth century, is situated within the convent of St. Francis since 1840.

Museo degli Alpini ANA HEADQUATERS
Open for the first time in 1948, when the first national gathering of mountain after the war, has perfected over the years and has undergone improvements both in the home for the preparations.

Ceramics Museum Palazzo Sturm
The Palace was built during the eighteenth century along the Brenta, the building consists of a set of m subsequent development, has inside of Giorgio Anselmi remarkable frescoes depicting mythological themes Giants loss, fertility, Venus gives weapons Aeneas, which dispels the darkness of the Aurora, paintings with biblical subjects (Abraham and the angels, the finding of Moses, Rebecca at the Well, the blessing of Jacob), zoomorphic rich stucco decorations, flowers, fruits, vases, portraits of women and faux marble.

Museo della Grappa
Facing the Ponte Vecchio is located Museo della Grappa Poli, founded by the Poli Distillery, in which you can scroll through the history of grappa stills ancient and rare manuscripts.

Museo della Guerra Ca' Erizzo
Beautiful villa of Trustees fifteenth, welcomes some rooms available to the public in the wing facing the Brenta, a concise but comprehensive documentation aimed at the first World War.

Automobile Museum "Bonfanti Vimar"
The Automobile Museum is located at the northern outskirts of Bassano, is known internationally for being the first to implement a unique and innovative exhibition philosophy. Every six months, in fact, in spring and autumn the Museum totally changes the contents, suggesting a theme each time courses for restorers of vintage vehicles. Art otherwise destined to disappear with the last old craftsmen.
Many are beyond the theater offered during the theater season Remodini, as are many events related to music and dance.