MINERVA. Castro, Arx Minervæ, Minerviam, or Templum Minervæ, (anc. geogr.), a citadel, temple, and town on the Ionian sea, beyond Hydros; seen a great way out at sea. Now Castro, a town of Otranto in Naples. E. Long. 19. 25. N. Lat. 46. 8.