Martello
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Martello can refer these people:
  • Cesar Martello, politician in Ontario
  • Alfonse Martello D'Amato, New York politician
  • Charles Martel d'Anjou, 13th century titular king of Hungary
  • Leo Martello
    Leo Martello
    Leo Martello was an author, lecturer, gay civil rights activist, and an early voice in the American Neopagan movement. He drew heavily on his Sicilian heritage, teaching the Strega Tradition which was named after the Italian word for Witch....

    , pagan

Martello can also refer to:
  • a Napoleonic War defensive structure, the Martello tower
    Martello tower
    Martello towers are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....

    , in Britain, Ireland, Canada and other countries
  • a type of British air defence radar
    Radar
    Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...

  • Il Caso Martello, 1992 Italian film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150053/
  • the Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     name for Martell, a municipality in the province of South Tyrol
    South Tyrol
    South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

    , Italy
  • a roundhouse kick
    Roundhouse kick
    A roundhouse kick is a kick in which the attacker swings his leg around in a semicircular motion, striking with the front of the leg or foot. This type of kick is utilized in many different martial arts and is popular in both non-contact and full-contact martial arts competitions...

     in Capoeira
    Capoeira
    Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences, probably beginning in the 16th century...

  • a Bressingham Steam and Gardens owned A1 class locomotive, built for the London,Brighton and South Coast Railway 0-6-0T no.662 Martello
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