Castiglione

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Castiglione is the name of several geographical locations (mostly in Italy), as well as the surname of several famous people.

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Castigliano 4 See also

[edit] People

• Baldassare Castiglione: famed Italian Renaissance writer and diplomat, best known for The Courtier book.
• Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian (Genoese) painter and printmaker.
• Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, later Pope Pius VIII.
• Giuseppe Castiglione, painter and missionary to China.
• Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione,Marshal of France a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
• Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, famous Italian courtesan who became the mistress of Napoleon III.
• Joe Castiglione, Boston Red Sox radio announcer.
• Nancy Castiglione, Canadian actress active in the Philippines.

[edit] Places

• Towns in Italy, many of which were simply called Castiglione prior to the unification of Italy in the 1800s:
  • Castiglion Fibocchi, in the province of Arezzo.
  • Castiglion Fiorentino, in the province of Arezzo.
  • Castiglione a Casauria, in the province of Pescara.
  • Castiglione Chiavarese, in the province of Genoa.
  • Castiglione Cosentino, in the province of Cosenza.
  • Castiglione d'Adda, in the province of Lodi.
  • Castiglione del Genovesi, in the province of Salerno.
  • Castiglione dei Pepoli, in the province of Bologna.
  • Castiglione del Lago, in the province of Perugia.
  • Castiglione della Pescaia, in the province of Grosseto.
  • Castiglione della Valle (now Colledara), in the province of Teramo.
  • Castiglione delle Stiviere, in the province of Mantova.
  • Castiglione di Garfagnana, in the province of Lucca.
  • Castiglione di Sicilia , in the province of Catania.
  • Castiglione d'Intelvi, in the province of Como.
  • Castiglione d'Orcia, in the province of Siena.
  • Castiglione Falletto, in the province of Cuneo.
  • Castiglione in Teverina, in the province of Viterbo.
  • Castiglione Messer Marino, in the province of Chieti.
  • Castiglione Messer Raimondo, in the province of Teramo.
  • Castiglione Marittimo, in the province of Catanzaro.
  • Castiglione Olona, in the province of Varese.
  • Castiglione Tinella, in the province of Cuneo.
  • Castiglione Torinese, in the province of Torino.

• Corsica:
  • Castiglione, Haute-Corse is a commune of the Haute-Corse département in France, on the island of Corsica

[edit] Castigliano

• Castigliano means Castilian in Italian language.
• Castigliano's method
• Carlo Alberto Castigliano

[edit] See also

• Castiglioni
• Castilla, Castillo
• Castella, Castellani (cf.Aldo), Castellio, Castelli, Kastil (cf.Alfred)
• Castelnuovo, Castelnau