What is "ferro"

Ferro may refer to:

• Iron as in a Ferromagnetic material
• Ferro Carril Oeste, an Argentine sports club
• Ferro Corporation, a manufacturer of performance materials
• An alternative name for the island of El Hierro
• Ferro Prime Meridian
• Ferro Lad
• Ferro (surname)

Ferro is a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,700, in an area of 30.76 km².

Ferro is an Italian and Spanish surname related to the word ferro ("iron").People with this surname include:

• Carlos Ferro (disambiguation)
• Michael Ferro, American politician
• Michael W. Ferro, Jr., American inventor and philanthropist
• Óscar Ferro, Uruguayan goalkeeper
• Pablo Ferro, American graphic designer
• Raúl Ferro, Uruguayan footballer
• Ridolfo Capo Ferro, Italian fencing master
• Robert Ferro, American novelist
• Rubén Remigio Ferro, Cuban judge
• Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician who first discovered the solution to a generic cubic equation
• Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer

A ferro (plural ferri) or is an item of functional wrought-iron work on the façade of an Italian building. Ferri are a common feature of Medieval and Renaissance architecture in Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria. They are of three main types: have a ring for tethering horses, and are set at about from the ground; holders for standards and torches are placed higher on the façade and on the corners of the building; have a cup-shaped hook or hooks to support cloth for shade or to be dried, and are set near balconies.

In Florence, ferri da cavallo and arpioni were often made to resemble the head of a lion, the symbolic marzocco of the Republic of Florence. Later, cats, dragons, horses and fantastic animals were also represented.

| Bargello, Florence |Ferro from two ages, Palazzo degli Altoviti, Florence di montalto, loggetta, ferri 01.JPG| Castello di Montalto, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena | Palazzo Morozzi Dilaghi, Florence |Ferro in Arezzo

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