The Italian surname Bassan is a toponym, that is, a family name derived from a location, in this case the city of Bassano del Grappa, in the province of Vicenza, region of Veneto, in northern Italy.
There are records of this surname in the year 1.500 in San Bonifacio, a city in the province of Verona, also in Veneto. As early as the year 1.600, there are records of a master mason called Anzolo Bassan in the city of Bataglia Terme, in Padova, still in Veneto.
Distribution of the Bassan family
The family name Bassan is specific to these two provinces of Veneto: Padova and Vicenza. Now your variant Bassanello is typically Venetian, in the strip that goes from the capital Venice to Belluno, a city located in the province of the same name.
According to the Italian website Cognomix, there are approximately 706 Families with the surname Bassan in Italy, including 457 families in Veneto, 106 in Lombardia and 72 in Piedmont.
Geographical distribution of the surname in Italy:
It is the 337th most popular family name in the Veneto region, the 151st in the province of Padova and the 5th most common in the municipality of Maserà of Padua, in the province of Padova.
Surname variations
Besides Bassanello, the Bassan surname has other variants: Bassanella, Bassanelli, Bassanese, Bassanini, Bassano, Bazzan, Bazzana, Bazzano and Bazzani.
It is worth remembering that, in some cases, the surnames of Italian immigrants who came to Brazil suffered changes due to changes in the act of registration at a notary's office. It is very common, for example, that Bazzani became Bazani (as we will see below) and so on.
Bassano del Grappa
The town of Bassano del Grappa, which inspired the surname Bassan, is known for its charm, good food, lots of history and fantastic views.
It is close to Vicenza (35 km) and Venice (80 km) and is also located in a region close to the Alps. In fact, it was the famous Monte Grappa which gave rise to the name of the city.
Historic bridge
The main attraction of Bassano del Grappa is the Bridge of the Alpini, also called Old Bridge. It's a wooden bridge over the river Brenta, designed in 1569 to withstand the large amount of water in the spring, coming from the melting snow of the mountains.
Na Second World War, volunteers tried to prevent the bombing of the city, however, they were shot by the Nazi-fascists on the bridge, which was destroyed a little later and rebuilt by Italian troops from the Alps (Alpini).
Traditional drink
The city is also famous for Grappa Museum, which belongs to the Poli distillery, where you can learn the production process of grappa, a famous liqueur made from the leftovers from wine production. With strong tradition in Veneto, in the past this distillate was used as medicine and disinfectant and today it brightens up any meeting.
Famous Bassan
The most famous personality in the family is the journalist Pedro Bassan, who has worked at TV Globo since 1997, when he started as a sports reporter.
Born April 20, 1972 in Tupan, in the interior of São Paulo, Pedro Bassan presented articles on all of the broadcaster's journalistic programs, including Esporte Espetacular, Globo Esporte, Jornal Hoje and National Journal.
Furthermore, in 25 years at TV Globo, he was a correspondent in Beijing and in the Iberian Peninsula and participated in the coverage of five Olympics and six World Cups.
Railway player
Another famous member of the family, this time with a variant of the surname, is the former football player Oliverio Bazani Filho, the greatest star in the history of Train, team Araraquara, interior of São Paulo.
Born in Mirassol (3 June 1935) and died in Araraquara (13 October 2007), Bazani played for Ferroviária in the 1950s with Dudu, who would later be an idol of Palmeiras.
Later, the player passed through Corinthians and Portuguesa, until returning to Araraquara, where he worked as a Railway technician on several occasions. Today the entrance to Luminous Source Arena, the Ferroviária stadium, boasts a bust of Bazani, such is its importance for the institution.
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