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n. A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
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A castell is a human tower built traditionally in festivals at many locations within Catalonia. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (group of people who do these towers) often succeed in building and dismantling a tower's structure. On November 16, 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
The word Castell (, , ) means 'Castle' both in Catalan and Welsh. It can refer to:
Castell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Castell (born 1943), English cricketer
- David Castell, American record producer, musician and recording engineer
- Dominic Castell (born 1965), Austrian film actor
- Edmund Castell (1606–1685), English orientalist
- John Castell (aka John Castle), 15th-century Master of University College, Oxford and a Chancellor of the University
- Lacksley Castell (1962–1984), Jamaican reggae singer
- Patricia Castell (1926–2013), Argentine actress
- Sir William Castell (born 1947), British businessman
Category:Catalan-language surnames
Usage examples of "castell".
Davis, gentlemen of Flyntshire, within four or five myle of Hurden Castell, did viset me.
Also schaute ich in den Kristall und sah seine Kammer in Mur y Castell und die Gestalt eines anderen Mannes, der dort neben Blodeuwedd schlief.
I wot that there is none,I would slight Carlisle castell high,Tho it were builded of marble stone.
He turned his back from the assart to the ford, after all, and waded the Severn in his shirt with his cotte and chausses under his arm, and went a good half of the way to Castell Coch before he dared take to the woods and lie waiting for full darkness.
By then he did not miss them, his sense of loneliness was so deeply accepted that it seemed to be his natural and eternal condition, and it was as if he did not look to see the silence broken again He went back no more to the companionable butts of Castell Coch, he was not drawn to the assart above the mill.
It so befell one euening, that they cameVnto a Castell, lodged there to bee,Where many a knight, and many a louely DameWas then assembled, deeds of armes to see:Amongst all which was none more faire then shee,That many of them mou'd to eye her sore.
Officer Castell was shot to death behind the Union Station yesterday just before the supper hour by a vicious killer who is even now being pursued in the direction of Van Buren by the dedicated men of our proud constabulary.