NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Castro

Castro is a Romance (Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Italian) word coming from Latin castrum, a fortification (cf: Greek: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; Breton: kaer, *kastro). It may refer to: The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising all the languages that descend from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Galician (Galician: galego, IPA: ) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community with the constitutional status of historic nationality, located in northwestern Spain and small bordering zones in neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castilla y LeÃ³n. ... In the Roman Empire, a castra (the plural form of castrum, castri, a fortification) was a Roman military camp. ... The Proto-Celtic language, also called Common Celtic, is the putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages. ... Breton (Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) in France. ...

Castro culture - Iron-Age culture in Northern Portugal and in Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria (Northern Spain)
Castro (village), Cividade, and Citânia - Types of settlements of the Castro culture
Castro ceramics
Castro (band) is cabaret - electronica band from Split, Croatia
Castro (clothing company) - a major fashion company based in Israel
Castro (Spanish cars Angalda)

Castros de BaroÃ±a, BaroÃ±a, Porto Do Son, CoruÃ±a Castro de TroÃ±a, PÃas, Ponteareas, Pontevedra Castro culture (Cultura Castreja in Portuguese, Cultura Castrexa in Galician and Cultura castreÃ±a in Spanish) is the archaeologists descriptor for the culture of the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula... In Galicia and Northern Portugal a castro is fortified pre-Roman Iron Age Celtic village, usually located in a hill or some natural easy defendable place. ... Castro ceramics were a part of the Castro Culture of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula. ... Castro is a Croatian cabaret - electronica band from Split, Croatia. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue â€” a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ... For other uses, see Split (disambiguation). ...

People

Europeans

Aureo Castro, Macanese/Portuguese composer, musician and teacher
Enrique Castro, Quini, Spanish football player
Americo Castro, Spanish cultural historian
Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro, philosopher
Inês de Castro, Galician noblewoman
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language.
Various members of the de Castro family

Biography of Fr Aureo Castro (1917-1993) Father Aureo Castro Rev. ... Enrique Castro Gonzalez, Quini, was born in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain) September 23rd 1949. ... AmÃ©rico Castro Y Quesada (1885â€“1972) was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity, raising heated controversy with his conclusions that (1) Spaniards didnt become the distinct group they are today until after the Islamic conquest of... Arms of the de Castro Family from the Jewish Encyclopedia Philosopher, physician, and apologist; born at Braganza, Portugal, about 1620; died at Amsterdam Nov. ... InÃªs de Castro InÃªs de Castro (born 1325, died January 7, 1355) was a Galician noblewoman, daughter of Pedro Fernandez de Castro, lover and posthumously declared lawful wife of the Portuguese King Peter (Pedro) I, and therefore Queen of Portugal. ... RosalÃa de Castro RosalÃa Castro de MurguÃa better known as RosalÃa de Castro (24 February 1837 â€“ 15 July 1885) was a Galician writer and poet. ... The various branches of this family are all of Spanish and Portuguese origin. ...

North Americans

Elizabeth Castro, author of books on creating web sites.
Henri Castro, Nineteenth century pioneer of the Republic of Texas.
José Castro (1808-1860), Mexican governor of California in opposition to U.S. rule.
Juan Castro, Mexican baseball player
Raúl Héctor Castro (b. 1916), Arizona governor, 1975–1977

This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Henri Castro was an empresario of the Republic of Texas. ... JosÃ© Castro (born Monterey, California 1808 - died February 1860) was acting governor of Alta California in 1835, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846 and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. ... Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, was divided in two along the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south. ... Juan Castro (born Juan Gabriel Castro in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico on June 20, 1972) is a Major League Baseball infielder. ... RaÃºl HÃ©ctor Castro (born in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, June 12, 1916) is a Mexican-born United States politician. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... The following is a list of the governors of Arizona. ...

Cubans

Fidel Castro, President of Cuba.
Raúl Castro, 1st Vice President of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro
Ramón Castro, Cuban revolutionary, brother of Fidel Castro
Ángel Castro, Cuban landowner and father of Fidel Castro
Mariela Castro, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro.
Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro and Cuban exile

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... RaÃºl Modesto Castro Ruz (born June 3, 1931) is the Acting President of Cuba and Acting President/First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State. ... RamÃ³n Castro (born 1924) is the older brother of Fidel and RaÃºl Castro and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution. ... Ãngel MarÃa Bautista Castro y Argiz (December 5, 1875â€”October 21, 1956) is the father of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. ... Mariela Castro is the director of the National Center for Sex Education in Havana and an activist for LGBT rights in Cuba. ... The National Center for Sex Education (Centro Nacional de EducaciÃ³n Sexual, or CENESEX) is a government-funded body in Cuba. ... Juanita (Juana de la Caridad) Castro (born 6 May 1933) is the sister of Cuban President Fidel Castro and First Vice President RaÃºl Castro. ... The term Cuban exile usually refers to the large exodus of Cubans fleeing Fidel Castros communist state since the 1959 Cuban Revolution and in particular the wave of Cuban American refugees to the U.S. during the years 1960 and 1979, who sought greater political and economic freedom. ...

Central Americans

Salvador Castaneda Castro, Former President of El Salvador
Carlos Castro, Costa Rican footballer

Salvador Castaneda Castro was President of El Salvador 1 March 1945 - 14 December 1948. ... Carlos Castro Mora (born 10 September 1978) is a Costa Rican football player. ...

South Americans

Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian journalist and writer
Camilla de Castro, transsexual model and actress
Cipriano Castro, President of Venezuela (1899-1908)
Ramón Castro Jijón, Military ruler of Ecuador (1963-1966)

GermÃ¡n Castro Caycedo (born March 3, 1940) is a Colombian journalist and writer. ... Camilla de Castro (born Alessandro Caetano Kothecnborger 20 April 1979, d. ... Cipriano Castro was a dictator who controlled Venezuela from 1899 to 1908. ... RamÃ³n Castro JijÃ³n was President of Ecuador 11 July 1963 to 29 March 1966. ...

Asians

Noli de Castro, Philippine Politician - Vice-President
Prince Lance de Castro, Filipino Actor

Manuel Noli Leuterio De Castro, Jr. ...

Places

Cities and towns:

in Chile

Castro, Chile, capital of Chiloé Island

Castro is a city in southern Chile, in Region X Los Lagos. ... ChiloÃ© Island Location of ChiloÃ© in Chile ChiloÃ© Island (Spanish: Isla de ChiloÃ©), also known as Great Island of ChiloÃ© (Isla Grande de ChiloÃ©), is an island off the Pacific coast of South America, part of Chile. ...

in Italy

Castro, a destroyed town in the province of Viterbo (Lazio)
Castro, in the province of Lecce (Apulia)
Castro, in the province of Bergamo (Lombardy)
Castro dei Volsci, in the province of Frosinone (Lazio)
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, in the province of Forlì-Cesena (Emilia Romagna)
Castrocielo, in the province of Frosinone (Lazio)
Castrofilippo, in the province of Agrigento (Sicily)
Castrolibero, in the province of Cosenza (Calabria)
Castronno, in the province of Varese (Lombardy)
Castronovo di Sicilia, in the province of Palermo (Sicily)
Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, in the province of Potenza (Basilicata)
Castropignano, in the province of Campobasso (Molise)
Castroreale, in the province of Messina (Sicily)
Castroregio, in the province of Cosenza (Calabria)
Castrovillari, in the province of Cosenza (Calabria)

Castro was an ancient city, believed to have been originally founded by the Latins, on the west side of Lake Bolsena in present-day Italy. ... Viterbo (It. ... For the football club, see S.S. Lazio Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzi, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Castro is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. ... Lecce (It. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Bergamo (BG) Mayor Elevation 200 m Area 3. ... Bergamo (It. ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ... Castro dei Volsci is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Latium, located about 90 km southeast of Rome and about 14 km southeast of Frosinone. ... Frosinone (in Italian, Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Latium region of Italy, with 91 comuni. ... Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole is a comune (municipality) in the Province of ForlÃ¬-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 60 km southeast of Bologna and about 10 km southwest of ForlÃ¬. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,303 and an... ForlÃ¬-Cesena (It. ... Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... Castrocielo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Latium, located about 110 km southeast of Rome and about 30 km southeast of Frosinone. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Agrigento (It. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 kmÂ² (9,926 sq. ... Location of Cosenza province in Italy Castrolibero is town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. ... Cosenza (It. ... Cliffside dwellings in Tropea. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Varese (VA) Mayor Elevation m Area 3. ... Varese (It. ... Country Italy Region Sicily Province Province of Palermo (PA) Mayor Elevation m Area 199. ... Palermo (It. ... Castronuovo di SantAndrea is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. ... The Province of Potenza (Italian: Provincia di Potenza) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. ... Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Puglia (Apulia) to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... Castropignano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 10 km northwest of Campobasso. ... Campobasso (It. ... Molise is a region of central Italy, the second smallest of the regions. ... Carmelo Aliberti strolling in Castroreales Piazza (Jan. ... Messina (It. ... Location of Cosenza province in Italy Castroregio is town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. ... For the Castrovillari meteorite of 1583, see meteorite falls. ...

in Spain

Castro Urdiales, a village in the province of Cantabria

Castro Urdiales, a seaport of northern Spain, in the province of Cantabria, situated on the bay of Biscay and at the head of a branch railway connected with the Bilbao-Santander line. ...

other places:

The Castro, a predominately gay neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA
Castro Street, a street in San Francisco that gives its name to the district it runs through.
The Castro Theatre, a landmark movie theater located in the Castro community

The sidewalk on Castro Street looking north from 18th toward Market displays some of the color of the neighborhood. ... Castro Street is a street in San Francisco, California. ... Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California. ...