title: Spada
text: # Spada
  
  Spada is the Italian word for sword and a surname of Italian origin. It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Bernardino Spada (1594–1661), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal; patron of the arts
  * Constanza Spada, stage name of Italian actress, singer and model Laura Troschel (1944–2016)
  * Ercole Spada (born 1937), Italian automobile designer
  * Fabrizio Spada (1643–1717), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Cardinal Secretary of State
  * Giambattista Spada (1597–1675), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
  * Giovanni Jacopo Spada (1680–1774), Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist
  * Giuliana Spada (born 1971), Italian retired heptathlete
  * Ilaria Spada (born 1981), Italian actress and showgirl
  * János Spáda (1877–1913), Hungarian architect also known as John Spada
  * Katiuscia Spada (born 1981), Italian sport shooter
  * Leonello Spada (1576–1622), Italian painter of the Baroque era
  * Lorenzo Spada (died 1544), Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Calvi Risorta
  * Marcantonio M. Spada (born 1970), Italian-British psychologist
  * Marcello Spada (1905–1995), Italian film actor
  * Michelangelo Spada (fl. 1730), Italian painter
  * Mirko Spada (born 1969), Swiss decathlete
  * Patricio Spada (born 1993), Argentine footballer
  * Robert Spada (fl. 1999–2008), American politician
  * Romi Spada, Swiss bobsledder in the early 1950s
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Palazzo Spada, a historic palace in Rome
     * Galleria Spada, a museum in the Palazzo Spada
  * Palazzo Spada (Terni), a palace the city of Terni, Italy
  * Honda VT250 motorcycle, frequently referred to as the Spada
  * Spada Codatronca, Italian-built supercar by Spada Vetture Sport
  * Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete - see Battle of Cape Spada (World War II)
  * Spada Lake, the reservoir of Culmback Dam, Washington state, United States
  * Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada, a music video game
  * Spada, a character from Japanese tokusatsu series Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
  * Cardinal Cesare Spada, a minor character in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo whose fortune is found by protagonist Edmond Dantès
  