Castello
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Castello is the Italian word for castle
. The Latin word Castellum means reservoir, water tank.
Castello may refer to:
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
. The Latin word Castellum means reservoir, water tank.
Castello may refer to:
Places
- Castello, VeniceCastello, VeniceCastello is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice, Italy. The district grew up from the thirteenth century around a naval dockyard on what was originally the Isole Gemini, although there had been small settlements of the islands of San Pietro di Castello , also called Isola d'Olivolo, since at...
is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice - Castello, the old town center of Giudicato of CagliariGiudicato of CagliariThe Giudicato of Cagliari was one of the four Sardinian giudicati of the Middle Ages. It covered the entire south and central east portion of the island and was composed of thirteen subdivisions called curatoriae. To its north and west lay Arborea and north and on the east lay Gallura and Logudoro...
in Sardinia - Castello, Hong Kong, a private housing estate in Hong Kong
- A locality in the town of MonteggioMonteggioMonteggio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Monteggio is first mentioned in 1466 as da Montegio. Until 1819 the current village core was called Albio. The name comes from the fortified seat of the Capitanei of Sessa, the ruins of which are...
in Switzerland
People with the surname Castello
- Sebastian CastellioSebastian CastellioSebastian Castellio was a French preacher and theologian; and one of the first Reformed Christian proponents of religious toleration, freedom of conscience and thought....
(also spelled Castello, 1515–1563), French theologian - Giovanni Battista CastelloGiovanni Battista CastelloGiovanni Battista Castello was an Italian historical painter.Born in Gandino near Bergamo, he is ordinarily termed Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from the other painter with the identical name from school of Genoa. His best-known works are the paintings on the vault of the Basilica della...
(c. 1500–c. 1579), Italian painter - Dario CastelloDario CastelloDario Castello was an Italian composer and instrumentalist from the early Baroque period who worked and published in Venice. As regards his instrument, it is not clear whether he played the cornetto or the bassoon...
(c. 1590–c. 1630), Italian composer
See also
- Città di CastelloCittà di CastelloCittà di Castello is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain of the river Tiber. The city is north of Perugia and south of Cesena on the S3bis. It is connected to the A1...
, a town in Umbria, Italy - Castellón (disambiguation)