At the base of Grappa Mount and the tableland of Asiago, there is Bassano: the place owes all its charm to the harmony between past and present, through the attention to its own culture (civic collections of the ‘800s, the pictorial production of the Da Pontes and the typographic of the Remondinis, the architecture of the manufactured articles) and art.

Bassano of Grappa is a city which could wisely join the culture and tradition respect with modern entrepreneurship.

The symbol of Bassano excellence is the Alpines’ Bridge; Bassano joins the Venetian architecture with rich medieval testimonies, surrounded by imposing city walls, which reminds of the roman urban development of the city. Also the tradition of the selected local D.O.C. products and the appreciate ceramics, made of Bassano one of the vertexes of international interest.

At Bassano the cultural life is full of events and shows in every period of the year; here below the list of some of the most important events of the city:

• Jobs in the square: market show (September)
• Goat and cabbages: exhibition of biologic and natural products (September)
• Autumn Fair: with booths of the partner cities (October)
• DolceVi 2009: meeting with the best sweet Italian wines (November)
• Christmas market: about 25 booths of Christmas and handmade articles (November and December)

Parking the car at Crespano del Grappa or Possagno, you can easily reach Venice in the same day