Turin

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Turin

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Region	Piedmont
Province	Torino
Area  - Total  - Water	### km² (##.## mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##%
Population \n  - Total (2002) \n  - Density	\n 896,918 \n #,###/km^2
Time zone	CET: UTC+1
\nLatitude\n Longitude   \n	\n45°04'N 7°40'E (##.#######, -##.#######)1.\n
External link: Cittá di Torino

Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River.\nPopulation of the commune 865,263 (2001 census), but its metropolitan area totals about 1.5 million inhabitants. The province is one of the largest in Italy, with 6,830 sq. km, and one of the most populated, with 2,165,619 inhabitants at the 2001 census.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Law and government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Sites of interest 7 Colleges and universities 8 Sports teams 9 Chocolate 10 Nearby towns 11 Notable natives 12 External links

History

\nThe name of Turin (italian Torino) comes from TAU, a celtic word that means mountains.\nThe area was settled by the Taurini in pre-Roman times. In the first century A.D, the Romans created a military camp (Castra Taurinorum), later dedicated to Augustus (Augusta Taurinorum). The typical Roman street plan with streets at right angles can still be seen in the modern city.

Law and government

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Economy

\nNowadays the city is a major industrial centre, known particularly as home to the headquarters and main production lines of the car company Fiat. The city is home to the famous Lingotto building, which was at one time the largest car factory in the world, and is now a convention centre, concert hall, art gallery, and hotel.

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Sites of interest

\nOne of its main symbols is Mole Antonelliana. The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist houses the Shroud of Turin, an old linen cloth with an imprint of a man, which is believed by many to be the cloth that covered Jesus in his grave. The Museo Egizio has one of the most important collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world. The city is also famous for being the film set of the 1969 classic fim, The Italian Job, starring Michael Caine. It is possible to visit all the locations on a special tour.

Colleges and universities

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Sports teams

\nThe city is famous for its soccer teams (Juventus F.C and A.C. Torino), and will host the 2006 Winter Olympics. \nIn a terrible air accident in 1949, a plane carrying the whole Torino football team (then one of the most important in Italy) hit the church of Superga, on the Turin hills. Among those who lost their lives was Valentino Mazzola, father of Ferruccio and Sandro Mazzola (who were also later to be football champions).

Chocolate

\nTurin produces a typical chocolate, named Gianduiotto after Gianduia, local Commedia dell'arte mask.

Nearby towns

\nTurin is surrounded by several smaller cities in the Province of Turin such as Grugliasco, Rivoli, Orbassano, Moncalieri, Avigliana, Buttigliera Alta, Gassino Torinese, etc. to make up one of Italy's primary metropolitan areas.

Notable natives

\n* Count Camillo Benso di Cavour\n* Joseph Louis Lagrange\n* Galileo Ferraris\n* Piero Gobetti \n

External links

\n*Photos of Turin\n*Italian Job Tour - visitng locations of 1969 film

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\nTúrin is a fictional character in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien; see Túrin Turambar.

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\nTurin is a place name in Lewis County, New York, referring to a village and a town. \n\n\n\n\n