Poggio is an Italian word meaning "knoll". It may refer to:

Places

France

* Poggio-di-Nazza, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Poggio-di-Venaco, Haute-Corse, Corsica *

Poggio-d'Oletta Poggio d'Oletta (Italian form; ) or Poggio-d'Oletta (French form), is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of t ...

, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Poggio-Marinaccio, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Poggio-Mezzana, Haute-Corse, Corsica * Santa-Maria-Poggio, Haute-Corse, Corsica

Italy

Municipalities (''comuni'')

Poggio a Caiano Poggio a Caiano is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Prato in the region of Tuscany in Italy, located south of the provincial capital of Prato. It has 9,944 inhabitants. The town is the birthplace of Filippo Mazzei. Dem ...

, Prato, Tuscany *

Poggio Berni Poggio Berni (''E Pôz'' or ''E Puz'' in Romagnolo dialect) is a frazione and former commune of the Province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Wine and oil are its leading products – with the DOC " Colli di Rimini" wines and an olive. Poggi ...

, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna *

Poggio Bustone Poggio Bustone () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about north of Rieti. Poggio Bustone borders the following municipalities: Cantalice, Leonessa, Rieti, Rivod ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Catino Poggio Catino is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 1,335 and an area of . History The village ...

, Rieti, Lazio * Poggio Imperiale, Foggia, Apulia *

Poggio Mirteto Poggio Mirteto is a (municipality) is situated in the Tiber Valley area of the region of Latium, Italy. Administratively Poggio Mirteto is in the province of Rieti (formerly part of the province of Perugia) and geographically this municipality ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Moiano Poggio Moiano is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. Poggio Moiano borders the following municipalities: Colle di Tora, Frasso Sabino, Monteleone ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Nativo Poggio Nativo () is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti. Poggio Nativo borders the following municipalities: Casaprota, Castelnuovo di Farfa, ...

, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio Picenze Poggio Picenze (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: ') is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Poggio Picenze is a small city with about 1,000 inhabitants. Located on Italy's Highway 17, it is from the Abruzz ...

, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Renatico Poggio Renatico ( Poggese: ; Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ferrara. Poggio Renatico borders on the follow ...

, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna *

Poggio Rusco Poggio Rusco ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a small town and ''comune'' in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,474 as of August 31, 2020. It is from the provincial capital. The town lies in the southeast of the Oltrepò Mantovano area, f ...

, Mantova, Lombardy * Poggio San Lorenzo, Rieti, Lazio *

Poggio San Marcello Poggio San Marcello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona. Poggio San Marcello borders the following municipalities: Belvedere Ostrense, Castelplanio, Mont ...

, Ancona, Marche *

Poggio San Vicino Poggio San Vicino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about northwest of Macerata. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 299 and an area of .All ...

, Macerata, Marche * Poggio Sannita, Isernia, Molise * Poggiodomo, Perugia, Umbria *

Poggiofiorito Poggiofiorito is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Pe ...

, Chieti, Abruzzo *

Poggiomarino Poggiomarino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km east of Naples. History Poggiomarino originated from the construction the canal "Conte di Sarno", begun in 1592 ...

, Naples, Campania *

Poggioreale Poggioreale ( Sicilian: ''Poggiuriali'') is a ghost town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice The Belice, , is a river of western Sicily. It is about long. From its main source near ...

, Trapani, Sicily * Poggiorsini, Bari, Apulia *

Poggiridenti Poggiridenti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Sondrio. On 31 December 2013, it had a population of 1,895 and an area of .All demogr ...

, Sondrio, Lombardy

Civil parishes (''frazioni''), quarters, localities

*Poggio,

Castello di Annone Castello di Annone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about east of Asti. Castello di Annone borders the following municipalities: Asti, Cerro Tanaro, Qua ...

, Asti, Piedmont * Poggio, Marciana, Livorno, Tuscany * Poggio di Ancona,

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

, Marche * Poggio Buco, site of the ancient Etruscan city ''Statonia'' * Poggio dei Pini, a frazione of Capoterra, Cagliari, Sardinia *

Poggio di San Remo The Poggio di San Remo is a hill in the Italian region Liguria, near Sanremo. Milan–San Remo It is mainly known from road cycling, as it is the final climb in the classic Milan–San Remo. The climb is 4 kilometers long with an average gradie ...

, a frazione of San Remo, Imperia, Liguria *

Poggio Filippo Poggio Filippo is a frazione of Tagliacozzo in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo, region of Italy The regions of Italy () are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italy, Italian Republic, constituting its second Nomenclature o ...

, a frazione of Tagliacozzo, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Primocaso Poggio Primocaso is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Cascia in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 831 metres above sea level. At the time of the Istat The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; ...

, a frazione of Cascia, Perugia, Umbria * Poggio Rattieri, a frazione of Torricella Sicura, Teramo, Abruzzo * Poggio Santa Maria, a frazione of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Abruzzo *

Poggio Umbricchio Poggio Umbricchio is a frazione of Crognaleto in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The settlement is perched on a steep rock spur, on the left side of the Vomano river. See also *Senarica Senarica (in Old Italian: ''Si ...

, a frazione of Crognaleto, Teramo, Abruzzo *

Poggioreale (Naples) Poggioreale is a neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy. It is at the extreme east end of the downtown Naples and includes the central train station,Comune di Napoli: Atlante Statistico dell' Area Napoletano' (italienisch), S. 34 Centro Direzion ...

, a quarter of Naples, Campania

Lakes and mountains

Poggio Civitate Poggio Civitate is a hill in the commune of Murlo, Siena, Italy and the location of an ancient settlement of the Etruscan civilization. It was discovered in 1920, and excavations began in 1966 and have uncovered substantial traces of activity in ...

, a hill in the commune of Murlo, Tuscany * Poggio Sommorto, a mountain of the Marche * Lago di Poggio Perotto a lake in the province of Grosseto, Tuscany

San Marino

Poggio Casalino Poggio Casalino is a of San Marino, in the of Chiesanuova. Geography The village is situated in the western border of its municipality, close to the borders with Italy and the municipality of San Leo. It lies on a road that links the city o ...

, a civil parish (''curazia'') of Chiesanuova *

Poggio Chiesanuova Poggio Chiesanuova is a of San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the ...

, a civil parish (''curazia'') of Chiesanuova

Buildings and structures

Poggio Reale (villa) The Poggio Reale villa or Villa Poggio Reale was an Italian Renaissance villa commissioned in 1487 by Alfonso II of Naples as a royal summer residence. The Italian phrase "poggio reale" translates to "royal hill" in English. The villa was design ...

, a villa near Naples *

Cemetery of Poggioreale The Cemetery of Poggioreale is one of the major cemeteries in Naples, Italy. It is also known as Camposanto Nuovo, to distinguish it from Camposanto Vecchio, which is now known as Cemetery of the 366 Fossae. It is bordered by the Largo Santa Mari ...

, the main cemetery of Naples *

Villa del Poggio Imperiale Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany, neoclassical former Grand Duke, grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. Begi ...

, a former grand ducal villa in Florence

People

* Carla Del Poggio (born 1925), Italian cinema, theatre and television actress * Febo di Poggio, Italian model associated with Michelangelo *

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (; 11 February 1380 – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He is noted for rediscovering and recovering many classical ...

, Renaissance humanist *

Julieta Poggio Julieta Poggio (born 9 January 2002) is an Argentine model, actress and dance teacher. She is known for her participation in the tenth season of the Argentine television reality show '' Gran Hermano'' (2022–2023). Career At age seven, she p ...

(born 2002), Argentine model, actress and dance teacher *

Tomaso Poggio Tomaso Armando Poggio (born 11 September 1947 in Genoa, Italy), is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the MIT Computer Sci ...

, Italian-born neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other

* Poggio II, a horse; see Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Team eventing