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Castelletto
Castelletto is the name of a number of places in Italy:
- Castelletto Cervo, province of Biella
- Castelletto d'Erro, province of Alessandria
- Castelletto di Branduzzo, province of Pavia
- Castelletto d'Orba, province of Alessandria
- Castelletto Merli, province of Alessandria
- Castelletto Molina, province of Asti
- Castelletto Monferrato, province of Alessandria
- Castelletto sopra Ticino, province of Novara
- Castelletto Stura, province of Cuneo
- Castelletto Uzzone, province of Cuneo
- Castelletto (Genoa), a residential quarter in the historic centre of Genoa
Castelletto (Genoa)
Castelletto is a residential quarter of Genoa, north-western Italy. It occupies a hilly area which, until the 17th century, it was outside the city walls.
The quarter is included in the city's Municipio I Centro Est and includes three urban units (Castelletto, Manin and San Nicola). , they had a total population of 28,857. The name, meaning "small castle" in Italian, stems from a fort commanding the whole Genoese area, known since as early as the 10th century AD and dismantled in the late 19th century.