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Castillo is a Spanish surname meaning 'castle'. The Portuguese version of this surname is Castilho. People. Notable people with the surname include:
Mendoza – 613,683 – From Basque meaning "Mountain" Aguilar – 611,904 – Meaning eagles nest, from Latin aquilare 'haunt of eagles' [3] Ortíz – 576,989 – From Basque or Latin, Son of Orti; Álvarez – 557,332; Castillo – 553,799 – Meaning "Castle" Romero – 540,922 – Can be either Spanish or Italian, and have multiple meanings.
Castillo (Spanish for 'castle') may refer to: Castillo (surname), including a list of people with the name; Castillo, Dominican Republic; Castillo, Álava, Spain;
In English, Castilian Spanish can mean the variety of Peninsular Spanish spoken in northern and central Spain, the standard form of Spanish, ...
The Irish surnames Costello and Costellow are anglicized forms of the Gaelic surname Mac Oisdealbhaigh, itself a Gaelicized form of an Anglo-Norman name. This was the first example of a Norman family assuming a Gaelic name.
Chapultepec Castle (Spanish: 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". It is located at the entrance to Chapultepec park, at a height of 2,325 metres (7,628 ft) above sea level. [1]
At the Alcázar of Seville, a mix of Arabic and Spanish inscriptions uplift the bilingual atmosphere of Mudéjar style Spanish architecture. The palaces's patron, Peter of Castile , was a Christian that embraced the Muslims' taste for beauty in the form of the Islamic decoration, including inscriptions in Arabic, alcázar .
Lying on the northwesternmost point of the islet of Old San Juan, Castillo San Felipe del Morro is named in honor of King Philip II of Spain.The fortification, also referred to as el Morro or 'the promontory,' was designed to guard the entrance to the San Juan Bay, and defend the Spanish colonial port city of San Juan from seaborne enemies.