Montalto
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Montalto may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
Italy
Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps
Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria
Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy
The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city
Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy
Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy
Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak
New Zealand
Montalto, New Zealand, a locality in the Ashburton District
United States
Montalto, a mountain overlooking Thomas Jefferson's plantation Monticello
People
Duke of Montalto (title), a Spanish hereditary title created on 1 January 1507
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453–1515)
Duke of Montalto (defunct), a Spanish hereditary title, also known as Duke of Montalto de Aragón, created on 27 May 1507
Ferdinando d' Aragona y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montalto (fl.
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