Bassano Romano

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Bassano Romano
coat of arms
Bassano Romano (Italy)
Bassano Romano
Country Italy
region Lazio
province Viterbo  (VT)
Coordinates 42 ° 14 '  N , 12 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '31 "  N , 12 ° 11' 24"  E
height 360  m slm
surface 37 km²
Residents 4,729 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 128 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 01030
prefix 0761
ISTAT number 056005
Popular name Bassanesi
Patron saint San Gratiliano
Website Bassano Romano

Bassano Romano is an Italian commune in the province of Viterbo in the Lazio region with 4729 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 72 kilometers northwest of Rome .

geography

Bassano Romano is located in the Monti Sabatini between Lake Bracciano and Lake Vico .

history

The place, which was founded at an unknown time in the High Middle Ages, was transferred to the Counts of Anguillara as feudus Bassani after several changes of ownership in 1428 . After a brief loss in 1490, the Orsini-Anguillara bought it back in 1492. In June 1595 the Genoese Giustiniani family bought it for 55,000 Scudi and expanded the large local palace. Pope Paul V (1605–1621) raised Vincenzo Giustiniani (1564–1637) to Marchese of Bassano in 1605, Pope Innocent X (1644–1655) raised his nephew Andrea († 1667) to prince on November 21, 1644 because this one Had married the Pope's niece. In 1854 the Odescalchi princes bought the Baronal Palace for 150,000 Scudi, which was temporarily occupied by German troops in the autumn of 1944 during the Second World War . The place, until then called Bassano di Sutri, was renamed Bassano Romano in 1964.

Attractions

  • Palazzo Giustiniani-Odescalchi in the center of the village. State-owned since 2003, the building has not yet been fully restored. The compact building, especially operated by Vincenzo Giustiniani from 1605, is adorned with four Roman busts on high bases in front of the main facade. The interior is characterized by remarkable frescoes in the rooms of the representative floor and the open loggia, created by important artists, including Domenichino . We would like to highlight four seasonal rooms with a vedute by Bassano, the Parnassus room with vedute from Genoa and Chios , the room of Diana with scenes from her mythology , the large gallery with the ceiling painting of the fall of Phaethon in the presence of the ancient world of gods and the room of the Eternal Happiness with ceiling fresco of this theme and stucco decoration. The former garden of over 20 hectares, which can be reached via a bridge, is still awaiting complete restoration. In the middle there is a casino for the hunt, called Rocca, with once five small towers according to the Giustiniani coat of arms, of which only the middle one has been preserved.
  • Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta right next to the palace in the Baroque version from 1703 with a handsome two-tower facade, uniformly baroque three-aisled interior, transept and paintings from the renovation period as well as a painted main altar with the Assumption of Mary from the 20th century.
  • Church of Santa Maria della Pietà at the east end of the corresponding street, built under Andrea Giustiniani, with a single nave interior; Main altar with painting of the patron saint and ceiling fresco depicting the Assumption of St. Filippo Neri , accompanied by the Odescalchi coat of arms.
  • Oratorio della Santissima Trinità with a single nave interior and a baroque main altar with a fresco of the Assumption of Mary and a standard from 1683 painted on both sides.
  • Church of San Gratiliano in the north of Bassano from 1546 with a cycle of frescoes in folk style from the story of the titular saint.
  • Church of Santa Maria dei Monti from 1749 at the southwest end of Giustiniani Park with frescoes and a Madonna and Child.
  • Church of San Vincenzo Martire northwest of the town center, a magnificent example of high baroque architecture with a distinctive two-tower facade. Consecrated by Pope Innocent X during his visit to Bassano in 1646, it served as the mausoleum of the Giustiniani of Bassano. In the interior with side chapels, transept and dome in the sacristy chapel there is a marble statue of Christ holding the cross, which, according to recent research, is said to be the first version of the Risen Christ by Michelangelo Buonarotti . The second version is in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. The Silvestrini Benedictine monastery surrounding the church dates from the 1950s.

population

year population
1871 1.953
1901 2,512
1921 2,761
1951 3,399
1971 3,222
1991 3,786
2001 4,277

politics

On May 15, 2011, Angela Bettucci (Lista Civica Uniti per Cambiare) was elected mayor. Eight of the twelve local councils are on your list.

Twin cities

Persons connected to Bassano

Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani (1554–1621), elder brother of the first Marchese Vincenzo, 1587 cardinal deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro , 1591 cardinal priest of San Marcello , 1612 cardinal bishop of Palestrina and 1620 as Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina Vice Dean of the College of Cardinals .

literature

  • Anna Banti: Discorsi sulle arti e sui mestieri di Vincenzo Giustiniani . Florence 1981.
  • Melanie L. Simo: Vincenzo Giustiniani, his villa at Bassano di Sutri, near Rome, and his “Instructions to a builder and gardener” . In: Journal of Garden History 1, 1981, pp. 253-270.
  • Tuscia Minore: Bassano Romano, Capranica, Oriolo Romano, Vejano . Rome 1988.
  • Rino Pompei: Storia di Bassano Romano . Viterbo 1989.
  • Silvia Danesi Squarzina: The Bassano 'Christ the Redeemer' in the Giustiniani collection . In: The Burlington Magazine 142, 2000, pp. 746-751.
  • Agostino Bureca: La Villa di Vincenzo Giustiniani a Bassano Romano dalla storia al restauro . Rome 2003, ISBN 978-88-492-0517-6 .
  • Eliseo Fabretti: Bassano Romano, terra dei Giustiniani , Viterbo 2007.
  • Enrico Giustiniani: Bassano Romano - Chios. Antichi legami e nuovi percorsi nello spirito europeo . Bassano Romano 2007.
  • Steffi Roettgen: Wall painting in Italy. Baroque and Enlightenment 1600-1800 , Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-7774-3495-7 , pp. 80–91.

Web links

Commons : Bassano Romano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ ISTAT
  3. ^ Giustiniani.info on the partnership with Agios Minas