Poggio is an Italian word meaning "knoll". It may refer to:

Places

France

Poggio-di-Nazza Poggio-di-Nazza is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department References

Communes of Haute-C ...

, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Poggio-di-Venaco, Haute-Corse, Corsica *

Poggio-d'Oletta Poggio-d'Oletta is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse ...

, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Poggio-Marinaccio, Haute-Corse, Corsica *

Poggio-Mezzana Poggio-Mezzana is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of th ...

, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Santa-Maria-Poggio, Haute-Corse, Corsica

Italy

Municipalities (''comuni'')

Poggio a Caiano Poggio a Caiano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Prato, Tuscany region Italy. The town, birthplace of Philip Mazzei, lies south of the provincial capital of Prato. Sister towns Poggio a Caiano has two sister cities: * Charlottesvi ...

, Prato, Tuscany *

Poggio Berni Poggio Berni (''E Pôz'' or ''E Puz'' in Romagnolo dialect) is a frazione and former commune of the Province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Wine and oil are its leading products – with the DOC "Colli di Rimini" wines and an olive. Poggio ...

, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna *

Poggio Bustone Poggio Bustone ( Poiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about north of Rieti. Poggio Bustone borders the following municipalities: Cantalice, Leoness ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Catino Poggio Catino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 1,335 and an area of . History The ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Imperiale Poggio Imperiale is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Twin towns * Vorë, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e ...

, Foggia, Apulia *

Poggio Mirteto Poggio Mirteto is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in Sabina in the Central Italian region Lazio (Latium). Administratively Poggio Mirteto is in the province of Rieti (formerly part of the province of Perugia) and geogra ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Moiano Poggio Moiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. Poggio Moiano borders the following municipalities: Colle di Tora, Frasso Sabino, Mon ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Nativo Poggio Nativo ( Sabino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. Poggio Nativo borders the following municipalities: Casaprota, Castel ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Picenze Poggio Picenze ( Abruzzese: ') is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Poggio Picenze is a small city with about 1,000 inhabitants. Located on Italy's Highway 17, it is from the Abruzzese Apennines and ...

, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Renatico Poggio Renatico ( Poggese: ; Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ferrara. Poggio Renatico borders on the follow ...

, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna *

Poggio Rusco Poggio Rusco ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,474 as of August 31, 2020. It is from the provincial capital. The town lies in the southeast of the Oltrepò Mantovano area, f ...

, Mantova, Lombardy * Poggio San Lorenzo, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio San Marcello Poggio San Marcello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona. Poggio San Marcello borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Castelplanio Castelpl ...

, Ancona, Marche *

Poggio San Vicino Poggio San Vicino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about northwest of Macerata. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 299 and an area of .All ...

, Macerata, Marche *

Poggio Sannita Poggio Sannita is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso and about northeast of Isernia. Poggio Sannita (Caccavone in Poggese) is on a promontory surrounded by t ...

, Isernia, Molise *

Poggiodomo Poggiodomo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 80 km southeast of Perugia. Poggiodomo borders the following municipalities: Cascia, Cerreto di Spoleto, Monteleone di Spoleto, ...

, Perugia, Umbria *

Poggiofiorito Poggiofiorito is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle ...

, Chieti, Abruzzo *

Poggiomarino Poggiomarino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km east of Naples. History Poggiomarino originated from the construction the canal "Conte di Sarno", begun in 1592 ...

, Naples, Campania *

Poggioreale Poggioreale ( Sicilian: ''Poggiuriali'') is a ghost town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice The Belice, , is a river of western Sicily. It is about long. From its main source nea ...

, Trapani, Sicily *

Poggiorsini Poggiorsini ( Poggiorsinese: or ) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, south-eastern Italy with a population of 1367. The main settlement, also called Poggiorsini, is a village laying about from Bari, laying between the town ...

, Bari, Apulia *

Poggiridenti Poggiridenti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Sondrio. As of 31 December 2013, it had a population of 1,895 and an area of .All demogr ...

, Sondrio, Lombardy

Civil parishes (''frazioni''), quarters, localities

*Poggio,

Castello di Annone Castello di Annone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about east of Asti. Castello di Annone borders the following municipalities: Asti, Cerro Tanaro, Q ...

, Asti, Piedmont *

Poggio, Marciana Poggio is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Marciana, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2011 census its population was 241. Poggio is located on the Elba Island Elba ( it, isola d'Elba, ; ...

, Livorno, Tuscany * Poggio di Ancona,

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

, Marche * Poggio Buco, site of the ancient Etruscan city ''Statonia'' *

Poggio dei Pini Poggio dei Pini, literally “Pine Knoll” is a locality situated in south-west Sardinia, about 15 km from Cagliari, the island's capital. It is a frazione of the municipality Capoterra. The village, with about 4,000 inhabitants, is of a ty ...

, a frazione of Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia *

Poggio di San Remo The Poggio di San Remo is a hill in the Italian region Liguria, near San Remo. Milan-Sanremo It is mainly known from road cycling, as it is the final climb in the classic Milan–San Remo. The climb is 4 kilometers long with an average gradien ...

, a frazione of San Remo, Imperia, Liguria * Poggio Filippo, a frazione of Tagliacozzo, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Primocaso Poggio Primocaso is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Cascia in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 831 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( i ...

, a frazione of Cascia, Perugia, Umbria *

Poggio Rattieri Poggio Rattieri is a frazione of Torricella Sicura in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is locate ...

, a frazione of Torricella Sicura, Teramo, Abruzzo * Poggio Santa Maria, a frazione of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Umbricchio Poggio Umbricchio is a frazione of Crognaleto in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. See also *Senarica Senarica is a village in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. With a population of fewer than 300 people, Senarica was a ...

, a frazione of Crognaleto, Teramo, Abruzzo *

Poggioreale (Naples) Poggioreale is a neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy. It is at the extreme east end of the downtown Naples and includes the central train station, Centro Direzionale (Civic Center), Poggioreale prison, and the industrial area to the east. H ...

, a quarter of Naples, Campania

Lakes and mountains

Poggio Civitate Poggio Civitate is a hill in the commune of Murlo, Siena, Italy and the location of an ancient settlement of the Etruscan civilization. It was discovered in 1920, and excavations began in 1966 and have uncovered substantial traces of activity in t ...

, a hill in the commune of Murlo, Tuscany * Poggio Sommorto, a mountain of the Marche * Lago di Poggio Perotto a lake in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany

San Marino

Poggio Casalino Poggio Casalino is a village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Chiesanuova. Geography The village is situated in the western border of its municipality, close to the borders with Italy and the m ...

, a civil parish (''curazia'') of Chiesanuova *

Poggio Chiesanuova Poggio Chiesanuova is a village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Chiesanuova. Geography The village is situated in the northern suburb of Chiesanuova, on the road to Acquaviva. Sport Close to ...

, a civil parish (''curazia'') of Chiesanuova

Buildings and structures

Poggio Reale (villa) The Poggio Reale villa or Villa Poggio Reale was an Italian Renaissance villa commissioned in 1487 by Alfonso II of Naples as a royal summer residence. The Italian phrase "poggio reale" translates to "royal hill" in English. The villa was design ...

, a villa near Naples * Cemetery of Poggioreale, the main cemetery of Naples *

Villa del Poggio Imperiale Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, Central Italy. Beginning as a villa of the Baroncelli of Florence, ...

, a former grand ducal villa in Florence

People

Carla Del Poggio Carla Del Poggio (2 December 1925 – 14 October 2010) was an Italian cinema, theatre, and television actress. Biography Born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, she was the wife of Italian director Alberto Lattuada for 60 years, from 2 April 1945 ...

(born 1925), Italian cinema, theatre and television actress *

Febo di Poggio Febo di Poggio was an Italian model, affiliated with the Renaissance artist Michelangelo. References in Michelangelo's poetry In Michelangelo's poetry ''G.99'', he alludes to Febo as Phoebus and further puns on his surname "del Poggio" which ...

, Italian model associated with Michelangelo *

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He was responsible for rediscovering and recovering many classi ...

, Renaissance humanist *

Tomaso Poggio Tomaso Armando Poggio (born 11 September 1947 in Genoa, Italy), is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the MIT Computer Scien ...

, Italian-born neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other

* Poggio II, a horse; see Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Team eventing