Castel: Guide

Castel is a place name meaning castle.

Italy

Castel, a short form of castello = "castle", is an exceedingly common component in Italy|Italian place names. There are many comune|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.

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