What is Bassano del Grappa?
[[Image:Bassano del Grappa Vista Aerea.jpg|thumb|250px|Bassano del Grappa]] [[Image:Bassano del Grappa-Stemma.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Bassano del Grappa''' ({{lang-vec|Basan}} or ''Bassan'') is an [[Italy|Italian]] city in [[Veneto]]. It is in the [[Province of Vicenza]]. About 43,500 people live there. There are many distilleries of [[Grappa]] in and around the city. The name of the city is unrelated to the spirit though. A local mountain nearby is called [[Monte Grappa]]. The place name can be rougly translated as ''plains of (Mount) Grappa''. During the [[First World War]], there were many battles there. In the 1930s, [[Fascism|Fascists]] under [[Mussolini]] built the [[Sacrario Militare del Monte Grappa]], to honor those who fought in the war, and didn't survive. The [[Battle of Vittorio Veneto]] was fought there. Today, Monte Grappa it is a well-known spot for [[Paraglider|paragliders]]. Painter [[Jacopo Bassano]] was born and died in Bassano del Grappa. {{Province of Vicenza}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Cities in Vicenza]]