Castel

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Castel is a place name meaning castle.

[edit] Italy

Castel, a short form of castello (castle), is an exceedingly common component in Italian place names. There are many comuni bearing the prefix:

• Castel Baronia, in the province of Avellino
• Castel Boglione, in the province of Asti
• Castel Bolognese, in the province of Ravenna
• Castel Campagnano, in the province of Caserta
• Castel Castagna, in the province of Teramo
• Castel Colonna, in the province of Ancona
• Castel Condino, in the province of Trento
• Castel d'Aiano, in the province of Bologna
• Castel d'Ario, in the province of Mantova
• Castel d'Azzano, in the province of Verona
• Castel del Giudice, in the province of Isernia
• Castel del Monte, in the province of L’Aquila
• Castel del Piano, in the province of Grosseto
• Castel del Rio, in the province of Bologna
• Castel di Casio, in the province of Bologna
• Castel di Ieri, in the province of L’Aquila
• Castel di Iudica, in the province of Catania
• Castel di Lama, in the proviance of Ascoli Piceno
• Castel di Lucio, in the province of Messina
• Castel di Sangro, in the province of L’Aquila
• Castel di Sasso, in the province of Caserta
• Castel di Tora, in the province of Rieti
• Castel Focognano, in the province of Arezzo
• Castel Frentano, in the province of Chieti
• Castel Gabbiano, in the province of Cremona
• Castel Gandolfo, in the province of Roma
• Castel Giorgio, in the province of Terni
• Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantova
• Castel Guelfo di Bologna, in the province of Bologna
• Castel Madama, in the province of Roma
• Castel Maggiore, in the province of Bologna
• Castel Mella, in the province of Brescia
• Castel Morrone, in the province of Caserta
• Castel Ritaldi, in the province of Perugia
• Castel Rocchero, in the province of Asti
• Castel Rozzone, in the province of Bergamo
• Castel San Giorgio, in the province of Salerno
• Castel San Giovanni, in the province of Piacenza
• Castel San Lorenzo, in the province of Salerno
• Castel San Niccolò, in the province of Arezzo
• Castel San Pietro Romano, in the province of Roma
• Castel San Pietro Terme, in the province of Bologna
• Castel San Vincenzo, in the province of Isernia
• Castel Sant'Angelo, in the province of Rieti
• Castel Sant'Elia, in the province of Viterbo
• Castel Viscardo, in the province of Terni
• Castel Vittorio, in the province of Imperia
• Castel Volturno, in the province of Caserta

...and there are further hundreds of places with similar names that are not comuni.

[edit] Spain

• Castel de Cabra, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón.

[edit] Guernsey

• Castel is one of the parishes of Guernsey.