Castiglio'ne

Castiglio'ne, a town of Sicily, on the north slope of Mount Etna, 35 miles SW. of Messina. It is built on a square rock rising abruptly from the valley, and having a double crest, on which stand a church and the ruins of a feudal castle. The Sicilian hazel-nuts of the district are famous. Pop. 8114.—CASTIGLIONE DELLE STIVIE'RE, a town of North Italy, 22 miles NW. of Mantua. It is chiefly celebrated on account of the victory obtained here by the French over the Austrians in 1796, which gave the title of Duc de Castiglione to Marshal Augereau. Pop. 3123.