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Kastell

Kastell of lat. Kastell, the small camp or small Kastell, diminutive of castrum , which originally referred to the Roman camp but can also mean castle , fortified facility.
1. A Kastellis a small fortification, castle, whose master in the Middle Ages was often called the Kastell(equivalent to castle chief or bailiff). It can also be called a citadel.

2. That is also the name of a high structure forwards and aft of medieval ships. As the ships were equipped with cannons, the castle had only lighter equipment.

It is also a surname that can be found almost everywhere in the world. In Sweden, there are 150 registered, and almost all are Swedish-born. Different variants of the name are Kastel and Castell. The Romance languages ​​have equivalents to this surname, for example, Spanish Castillo, and the meaning of these Latin variants is the same as the Swedish meaning of it, namely the above-mentioned castle, or fortress.