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Castillo (Spanish for "
castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
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People

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Castillo (surname) Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning "castle". The Portuguese version of this surname is Castilho. People Notable people with the surname include: Actors, singers, musicians *Alberto Castillo (performer) (1914–2002), Argentine tango singer ...


Places


Geography


Dominican Republic

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Castillo, Dominican Republic Castillo is a municipality of the Duarte Province in the Dominican Republic. It was named after General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the Dominican Restoration. The first inhabitants came to the area between 1718 and 1730 from foreign and nei ...
, a town in Duarte Province, Dominican Republic


Nicaragua

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El Castillo (municipality) El Castillo is a municipality located on the Río San Juan (San Juan River) in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua. The settlement of what would eventually become the municipality of El Castillo began in 1673, when construction of the ''For ...
, a municipality in the Río San Juan department *
El Castillo (village) El Castillo is a village of about 1,500 people situated on the southern bank of the Río San Juan (San Juan River) in southern Nicaragua. It is one of 27 comarcas of the municipality of El Castillo, a subdivision of the Río San Juan Department. ...
, a village in the Río San Juan department *
Montealegre del Castillo Montealegre del Castillo is a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)( ...
, a municipality in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha


Spain

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Castillo, Álava Castillo in Spanish or Gaztelu in Basque is a village in Álava, Basque Country, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Lat ...
, a village in the Basque Country *
Castillo-Albaráñez Castillo-Albaráñez is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(Englis ...
, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha *
Castillo de Garcimuñoz Castillo de Garcimuñoz is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(E ...
, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha *
Castillo-Nuevo Castillo-Nuevo (Basque: ''Gazteluberri'') is a town located in the province of Navarre, in the autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazona ...
, a town in Navarre


Man-made structures

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Castillo de Chapultepec Chapultepec Castle ( es, Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill in Mexico City's Chapultepec park. The name ''Chapultepec'' is the Nahuatl word ''chapoltepēc'' which means "on the hill of the grasshopper". The castle has s ...
, palace on Chapultepec Hill, located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City *
Castillo de Guzman The Castle of Tarifa ( es, Castillo de Tarifa), also known as Castle of Guzmán el Bueno ("Good Guzmán", nickname of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán) or Castle of the Guzmáns ( Alonso Pérez de Guzmán being the founder of the line from which the duk ...
, castle in Tarifa, Spain *
Castillo de Jagua The Jagua Fortress ( es, Castillo de Jagua) is a fortress south of Cienfuegos in Cuba. It is located near the entrance to the Cienfuegos Bay ( es, Bahia de Cienfuegos), in the port of Jagua. It was originally named "Castillo (or Fortaleza) de Nu ...
, fortress near Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba *
Castillo de San Marcos The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. It was designed by the Spanish ...
, old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida, USA *
El Castillo, Chichen Itza El templo, known as the Temple of Kukulcán (or also just as Kukulcán), is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally desi ...
, Mayan step-pyramid in Chichen Itza Yucatán, Mexico


Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''El Castillo de los Monstruos'' (disambiguation), multiple films * ''
El Castillo Interior EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
'', 1577 novel by Saint Teresa of Avila], multiple films


Other uses

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Cad. FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport Cadete FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport is an airport serving Tarapoto, Peru. It is owned by CORPAC S.A, a government organization that oversees the management of Peruvian airports, but it is run by Aeropuertos del Perú (ADP) S.A, as ...
, airport serving Tarapoto, Peru * ''
Castillo v. Texas ''Castillo v. Texas'', (Tex. 2002) was a controversial Texan court decision in which Jesus Castillo, an employee of a comic book store in Dallas, Texas, was charged with two counts of "display of obscenity", and convicted for one, after selling a ...
'', 2000 Texas court case regarding the sale of pornography *
Castillo CF Castillo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1950, it plays in Primera de Aficionados, holding home games at ''Estadio Municipal ...
, football team from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands


See also

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Del Castillo (disambiguation) Del Castillo may refer to: * Del Castillo (band), a Latin rock band from Texas * Kate del Castillo, a Mexican actress * Pilar del Castillo, a Spanish politician See also * Del Castilho Del Castilho is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Ri ...
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Castilho (disambiguation) Castilho is a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil Castilho may also refer to: * Castilho (surname), a list of notable people with the surname * Del Castilho, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Nova Castilho,a municipality in São Paulo, Br ...
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