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  Turin - LoveToKnow 1911
TURIN, a city of Piedmont, Italy, capital of the province of Turin, formerly of the kingdom of Sardinia until 1860, and of Italy till the removal of the seat of government to Florence in 1865.
Turin was always a place of importance and military strength, in spite of numerous vicissitudes, till at length it was made the chief town of Piedmont by Amadeus, first duke of Savoy.
Between 1536 and 1562 Turin was occupied by the French, and in 1630 it lost 8000 of its citizens by the plague.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Turin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Turin is also well-known as the home of the Shroud of Turin and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Turin was also the city where the FISA (international rowing federation) was born in 1892.
Turin is surrounded by several smaller cities in the Province of Turin such as Grugliasco, Rivoli, Chivasso, Venaria, Settimo Torinese, Orbassano, Moncalieri, Avigliana, Buttigliera Alta, Gassino Torinese, Nichelino, Collegno, Chieri and others, that make up one of Italy's primary metropolitan areas.
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 Turin
Turin Cathedral 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.
During the fifties, in a terrible air accident, the whole football team of Turin (then one of the most important in Italy) was in a plane that hit the church of Superga, on the Turin hills.
Turin has nearly 1 million inhabitants and is surrounded by several smaller cities in the Province of Turin such as Grugliasco, Rivoli, Orbassano, Moncalieri, Avigliana[?], Buttigliera Alta,Gassino T.se, etc.to make up one of Italy's primary metropolitan areas.
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 Italy Turin -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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.
The province is one of the largest in Italy, with 6,830 sq.
Turin is the host city of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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 Farm holidays Turin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Turin, chief town of province and the area, he is among the Italian principal towns.
From 1861 at 1865 Turin was the capital one of the new kingdom of Italy.
Elegant and gentlemanly, Turin joins some urban - layout of his from the very long, wide and planted with trees avenues that intersect right-angled - pretty one to run after each other of the porches, the now baroque, now nineteenth-century, refined appearance of his palaces harmoniously to the severe geometry.
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 Turin Province (Piedmont, Italy)
Turin Province flag : white flag with a blue border and the coat of arms in the middle (not officially approved).
Currently, the Province of Turin uses two unofficial flags both bearing the coat of arms adopted in 1930 (red (gules) with a white (argent) cross and an azure lambel surmounted by the Italian provincial crown) in the center, but with different backgrounds.
On the occasion of the XX Olympic Winter Games, the entirely blue flag with the provincial coat of arms in the center that was hoisted at the main building of the Province of Turin, had been replaced with a flag of a white background bordered blue and the arms in the center.
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The Province of Turin lies in the centre and north-west of the Piedmont region, and has a surface of 6,830 km.
Its political boundaries are, to the west, France, to the north, the autonomous region of Valle d'Aosta, to the east, the provinces of Vercelli, Biella, Asti and Alessandria, and to the south, the province of Cuneo.
In the Province of Turin, farming activities in the plains mainly regard cereal growing and cattle breeding.
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 Turin 2006 | The Province
TURIN -- To hear Michael Greis tell it, Cindy Klassen had a decent Olympics, but not quite as good as his.
TURIN -- Many of Canada's 132 rookie Olympians saw Turin as a chance to craft the perfect resume for the Vancouver Olympics.
TURIN -- In the two-week glare of international spotlight, with cameras rolling and nowhere to hide, Cindy Klassen wore a smile that lit up your living room.
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 Wikinfo | Turin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In a terrible air accident in 1949, the whole Torino football team (then one of the most important in Italy) was in a plane that hit the church of Superga, on the Turin hills.
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.
Turin 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.
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 World Environment Day 2001: Message from Turin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Province of Turin has been celebrating World Environment Day since 1997 and all the social actors committed to environmental issues look forward to 5 June of this year.
Among the province’s many environmental policies is strategic planning for sustainable development through a local Agenda 21: this programme is now half-completed and has already fostered many projects and interventions.
UNEP’s proposal that the Province of Turin should host the celebrations for World Environment Day, involving representatives from different continents, is the natural consequence of the role that the province has assumed for years in creating a lasting network between similar local and foreign communities.
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 TURIN - Online Information article about TURIN
basilica in memory of the liberation of Turin from the French in 1706..
Leo X. Between 1536 and 1562 Turin was occupied by the French, and in 163o it lost 8000 of its citizens by the See also:
From 186o to 1865 Turin was the capital of Italy.
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The population of the Valle d'Aosta grew from 94in 1951 to approximately 115in 1991, whereas the population of the Province of Turin declined from 86to 78over the same period.
In the Province of Turin, 16 of the 53 Communes have a population density of fewer than 25 people per square kilometre.
The different ways in which the Valle d'Aosta and the Province of Turin have developed can be explained by recent history: right up until the Second World War, there were very few differences between the two regions which both suffered from similar agricultural and economic problems.
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 Gay pride, Turin's other claim to fame
But Turin is about to reclaim its gay pride heritage on a scale that could match its grand baroque architecture.
Turin's role as a focal point of Italian gay culture is one of the many surprises visitors are discovering about a place rarely visited by outsiders until the Olympics arrived.
"I am sure Turin is one of the most gay-tolerant cities in Italy," he said, suggesting the reasons have to do with the region's French and Protestant influences as well as its distance from the Vatican.
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 Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in turin Italy
Castelletto is a castle built in XVII th century, in the Pinerolo countryside, where there used to be the border between France and Savoy, and now between Buriasco and Pinerolo, not far away from the town of Turin.
Unique Art Design hotel in Turin located in the elegant central neighbourhood from 800 mt from the central station and Valentino Park The rooms are adorned with many styles of art design from Post modern to ethnic style.
Rooms have names of italian royal Family All Rooms have a private bathroom, TV color and air conditioned The breakfast and the reception are in the principal Building were hare Ai Savoia...
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 Map of Turin. Location of Turin. (The province of Turin)
This is a map of Italy that identifies the province of Turin.
The province of Turin is a part of the Piemonte (Piedmont) region.
Italy: Index to provinces and regions in Italy.
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 City Mayors: Mayor of Turin (Torino)
Turin’s integration within Europe will be strengthened with the completion of the high speed and capacity rail link between Lyon and Milan.
Turin, under its Mayor, is developing many projects that aim to improve the quality of life of its people.
Turin's Mayor sees the protection of the environment invariably linked to the promotion of public health and believes that only cities that offer the highest environmental quality will produce economic growth and attract investment.
www.citymayors.com /mayors/turin_mayor.html   (1054 words)

  
 Turin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 45°04′N 7°40′E Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city and business, cultural, and religious center in northwest Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River.
Turin chocolate firms produce a typical chocolate, called Gianduiotto, named after Gianduja, a local Commedia dell'arte mask; plus many other kinds of chocolate (italian : cioccolatini), all equally delicious.
Piedmont · Communes of the province of Turin
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 Turin International Airport
The company manages the execution of feasibility studies, researches, advising and designing activities, work directions, tests, yard emergency implementations, evaluations of technical and economic convenience, and furthermore technical and administrative activities for the development of entrusting procedures and the implementation of tasks and pieces of work directly or indirectly connected to the airport activities.
By the partial privatization process completion, SAGAT opened the phase of collaboration between the old shareholders, as reference partners for the regional development and promoters of the tourist and economic activities, and the new shareholders, who are in charge of the direct management of the Company.
The new shareholders, thanks to their know how in the aeronautical and not aeronautical fields, are putting into effect the development plan, which has been thought in the awareness that the Turin airport represents a strategic pole for economy, not only from a local point of view, but also regional and national.
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 Cioccolatò / News Archive / Two week-ends of delightful delicacies in the Province of Turin
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Grand festivities in the 15 towns of the Province of Turin for chocolate-lovers during the week-ends of March 11–12 and 18–19.
In anticipation of the World Championships to be held this year in Turin, the Organizational Committee, in collaboration with the Province of Turin, will bring fencing exhibitions by the Piedmontese Fencing Association to the communities participating in CioccolaTÒ.
www.cioccola-to.com /english/archivio_news/30   (223 words)

  
 CommunityWalk - Torino Winter Olympics
Turin is the Host City for the XX Olympic Winter Games which will be held from 10-26 February 2006.
The Mole Antonelliana is Turin's original symbol, built between 1863 and 1889, 167.5 meters tall, and houses the National Museum of Cinema.
The Alpine Skiing facilities are located at Sestriere in the Province of Turin.
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 Coripe Piemonte
CORIPE Piemonte (Consortium for Research and Continuing Education in Economics, Piedmont), legally constituted on 7 November 1990, was founded at the joint initiative of the Department of Economics (Faculties of Political Science and Law) and the Department of Economic and Financial Sciences G. Prato (Faculty of Economics) of the University of Turin.
The founding members of the Consortium, other than the University of Turin, are Turin's two major banks through their respective foundations (the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino), the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Region of Piedmont.
Ordinary members are the Province of Turin and the City of Turin.
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 Torino Capitale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Turin World Book Capital does not of course stop at the edge of the city.
Thanks to the involvement of many towns, and the culture departments of the Province of Turin and Piedmont Region a whole range of events have been organised in places in the hinterland and province, in the cities of Piedmont that head the library districts, provincial capitals and historical cities of art throughout the region.
The exhibition is organised by the culture department of the Province of Turin.
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 XV TURIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Its principal subsidies are provided by the City of Turin, the Piedmont Region, the Province of Turin, the office of the Prime Minister and the European Community.
The Turin International Film Festival aims to provide a place for independent film people to meet and assess their works - films that reflect aspects of the behaviour of youth culture.
The 15th Turin International Film Festival will be held in Turin from Friday November 14, to Saturday, November 22, 1997, over a period of nine days.
www.arpnet.it /cinegiov/e1997/regole.htm   (1495 words)

  
 turin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
It is the capital of Turin Province and of Piedmont Region (Piemonte) and lies at the...
Shroud of Turin, a 4-m (14-ft) length of linen housed in the chapel adjacent to the cathedral in Turin, Italy, since 1578.
- capital of Turin Province, Piedmont Region, northwestern Italy.
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 Residual {beta}-Cell Function and Male/Female Ratio Are Higher in Incident Young Adults Than in Children: The registry ...
The registry of type 1 diabetes of the province of Turin, Italy, 1984–2000
of residents in the province of Turin, Italy.
Figure 1— Distributions of markers of ß-cell autoimmunity in a subgroup of 183 incident cases of type 1 diabetes in the registry of the province of Turin, Italy, by age-groups 0–14 and 15–29 years.
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 Incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Adults Aged 30-49 Years: The population-based registry in the province of ...
The population-based registry in the province of Turin, Italy
The study base was the resident population of the province of
of the population of the province of Turin, Italy.
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 Maps - Turin City Guide - Italiansrus.com
This map shows you the various parks located in the province of Turin.
This maps shows you many of the comunes that are located in the province of Turin.
Just click on a quadrant to zoom in and see where some of the highlighted areas of Turin are located.
italiansrus.com /articles/turin/turinmaps.htm   (222 words)

  
 Downtown Turin hotels, Italy - reserve online with ahotelinitaly.com
Furnished with nineteenth century pieces, period chandeliers and fine fabrics, this Italian hotel is just a stroll from the historic centre of Turin and from the main (Porta Nuova) railway station.
Nearby sights include the Cathedral of St John the Baptist (home to the Turin Shroud), the Mole Antonelliana and the Egyptian Museum (many of the city's most important museums lie within easy walking distance of this Turin hotel).
There is the delightful green space of the Parco del Valentino on the banks of the River Po, and there are excellent restaurants, bars and cafes in the pretty Baroque city centre.
www.ahotelinitaly.com /starhotels-majestic-turin   (327 words)

  
 Piedmont Travel: Province of Piedmont Tourism Directory & Vacation Guide
Piedmont's capital Turin is the fourth-largest city in Italy, and was also capital of the House of Savoy from the 12th to the 19th century.
Turin's Royal Palace, or the Palazzo Reale, contains much evidence of their aristocratic lifestyle.
Visit Turin's huge FIAT factory, now a modern complex of shops, concert halls and a hotel, to see what remains of its famous rooftop racetrack.
www.piedmont.worldweb.com   (260 words)

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