Monte

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Monte (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish meaning mount) may refer to various things:

Contents 1 Persons 2 Place names 2.1 In Brazil 2.2 In Mexico 2.3 In Canada 2.4 In the United States 2.5 In Europe 2.6 In Goa 3 See also

[edit] Persons

• Philippe de Monte (1521-1603), renaissance composer
• Count of Monte Cristo, the fictional character in the novel by Alexandre Dumas, père
• Montenari (Counts of Montenari, Lords of Trieste), Austrian-Hungarian aristocratic dynasty, Imperial Governors of Trieste (1382 - 1918).
• Bryan "Monte" Money, the lead guitarist for the American post-hardcore band Escape the Fate

[edit] Place names

[edit] In Brazil

• Barão de Monte Alto, Minas Gerais
• Belo Monte, Alagoas *Buriti dos Montes, Piauí
• Campina do Monte Alegre, São Paulo
• Monte Alegre, Pará
• Monte Alegre, Rio Grande do Norte
• Monte Alegre dos Campos, Rio Grande do Sul *Monte Alegre de Goiás, Goiás
• Monte Alegre de Minas, Minas Gerais
• Monte Alegre do Piauí, Piauí
• Monte Alegre de Sergipe, Sergipe
• Monte Alegre do Sul, São Paulo
• Monte Alto, São Paulo
• Monte Aprazível, São Paulo
• Monte Azul, Minas Gerais
• Monte Azul Paulista, São Paulo
• Monte Belo, Minas Gerais
• Monte Belo do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
• Monte Carlo, Santa Catarina
• Monte Carmelo, Minas Gerais
• Monte Carmo, Tocantins
• Monte Castelo, São Paulo
• Monte Castelo, Santa Catarina
• Monte Formoso, Minas Gerais
• Monte das Gameleiras, Rio Grande do Norte
• Monte Horebe, Paraíba
• Monte Mor, São Paulo
• Monte Negro, Rondônia
• Monte Santo, Bahia
• Monte Santo de Minas, Minas Gerais
• Monte Santo do Tocantins, Tocantins
• Monte Sião, Minas Gerais
• Montes Altos, Maranhão
• Montes Claros, Minas Gerais
• Montes Claros de Goiás, Goiás
• Nova Monte Verde, Mato Grosso
• Palmas de Monte Alto, Bahia
• Santa Bárbara do Monte Verde, Minas Gerais
• Santa Cruz de Monte Castelo, Paraná
• Santana dos Montes, Minas Gerais
• São Joaquim do Monte, Pernambuco
• São Luís de Montes Belos, Goiás
• Santo Antônio do Monte, Minas Gerais

[edit] In Mexico

• Monte Alban, Oaxaca

[edit] In Canada

• Monte Creek, British Columbia
• Monte Lake, British Columbia
• Monte Cristo Mountain, British Columbia
• Montevista Bay, British Columbia

[edit] In the United States

• Monte Vista, Colorado

[edit] In Europe

• Montenegro
• Monte, Haute-Corse, France
• Monte Carlo, Monaco
• In Switzerland
  • Monte, in the Canton of Ticino
  • Monte Ceneri Pass
  • Monte San Giorgio
• In Italy
  • Monte Isola, in the province of Brescia
  • Montepulciano, in the province of Siena
  • Monteriggioni, in the province of Siena
  • Monteroni d'Arbia, in the province of Siena
  • Montecristo
  • Monte Pennino (~1570 m), in the Umbria region
  • Monte Berico
  • Monte Cassino
  • Montecorvino
  • Monte Rosa
  • Monte Bianco
  • Monte Vergine
• In Portugal
  • Monte, a parish in the district of Fafe
  • Monte, a parish in the district of Funchal
  • Monte, a parish in the district of Murtosa
  • Monte, a parish in the district of Terras de Bouro
  • "Monte" is also a traditional architectural style of the rural houses in the Alentejo region, typically made of "Taipa"(Portuguese Adobe). The property around those houses are also named after the building, so a whole farm could be called Monte: "Monte Samoqueiro", for instance, is both the name of a countryhouse and the farm by the same name.

[edit] In Goa

• Monte Hill - Margao
• Monte Hill - Old Goa

[edit] See also

• Del Monte Fruit Company
• Monte Melkonian
• Three-card Monte
• Mont (disambiguation page)
• Montefiore (disambiguation)
• Monti (disambiguation page)
• Monticello (disambiguation)
• Monty (disambiguation page)