Nova Bassano is a municipality and a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil.

Among them was Padre Pedro Antônio Colbachini, a Catholic priest member of the Scalabrini congregation, who is regarded together with his companions as the founder of the town.

[4] In 1939, during the Second World War, it was renamed Silva Pais, but in 1947, with the unanimous assent of the population, it was named Nova Bassano in tribute to the first immigrants.

Through successive administrative reforms it formed part of the municipalities of Veranópolis and Nova Prata.

Nova Bassano's school capacity exceeds 1.200 students, the Colbachini College (Port.

The main tourist sights of the municipality are:[8][9] Most of the Bassanense belong to the Roman Catholic Church.