Castro

Castro is a Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician) word originally derived from Latin "Castrum", a Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; Breton: kaer, *kastro).

It may refer to:

People

• Castro (surname)

Places

• Castro, city in Chile
• Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal
• Castro, destroyed town in Lazio, Italy
• Castro, town in Apulia, Italy
• Castro, town in Lombardy, Italy
• Castro dei Volsci, town in Lazio, Italy
• Castro Urdiales, village in Cantabria, Spain
• The Castro, neighborhood in San Francisco, USA
  • Castro Street Station, Metro station
  • Castro Theatre, a landmark movie theater
• Castro County, Texas, U.S. county
• Castro, Ticino, municipality in Switzerland

Other

• Castro (clothing), an Israel-based clothing company
• Castro culture, Iron-Age culture in Northern Portugal and in Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria (Northern Spain)
  • Castro (village), types of settlements of the Castro culture
• Castro (band), a cabaret-electronica band from Croatia
• Wars of Castro, conflict between the Papacy and the Farnese dukes of Parma
• Castro FC, Spanish football team

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