 Bassano in Teverina lies on the border between Lazio and Umbria and is situated in a position which overlooks the Tiber valley, on the last offshoots north of the Cimini Hills.The origin of the town is extremely uncertain.The ending of the name, derived from the Latin adjectival suffix "-anus", takes back to Roman times and, together with the root of the name, seems to remember the family name ("Bassus") of a character who owned large estates in the area