Bassiano (locallyVassiano) is a municipality (Italian:comune) in theProvince of Latina in the Italian regionLazio, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Rome and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northeast ofLatina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,664 and an area of 31.6 square kilometres (12.2 mi2).[3]