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	Turin, Italy
		Turin, capital of the north Italian region of Piedmont and the province of the same name, lies on the left bank of the Po in a fertile plain, at the confluence of the Rivers Dora Riparia and Po.
		The regularity of the city's layout is an inheritance from Roman times; its present aspect was largely shaped by the architects of the Baroque period, chief among whom were Guarino Guarini (1624-83) of Modena and the Sicilian Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736).
		From 1861 to 1865 it was capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
	www.planetware.com /italy/turin-i-pi-tu.htm (238 words)

	Turin, Italy
		Turin is an elegant city that does not flaunt its "regal" past, traces of which can be found in its artistic, historic and museum heritage.
		Turin would not be the same without its "palaces", such as the come Palazzo Madama or the Palazzo Reale, and the porticoes which date from the baroque period.
		From 1800 to 1814 Turin was the capital of the French department of the Po, and in 1815 the House of Savoy was restored.
	worldfacts.us /Italy-Turin.htm (1155 words)

	Torino \| Italy \| Winter Olympics \| 2006 \| Travel \| Turin \| City \| Pictures \| Map \| Fact \| Rome \| History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Italy is located in southern Europe and extends as a "boot-shaped" peninsula into the Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Africa.
		Italy is slightly larger than the state of Arizona and borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.
		Italy was part of the Roman Empire that spread across most of Europe until the 5th century.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p6396.htm (264 words)

	Travel-Italy.com \| Community
		Turin, an industrial city of over a million people beat out Sion, Switzerland, a small village of 26,000 in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
		The victory for Turin was apparently due to the controversy surrounding what is being called the Olympic's worst scandal in its 105 year history.
		Turin lies on the banks of the Po River, 239 meters above sea level and is 515 km northwest of Rome.
	www.travel-italy.com /community/feature_articles/turin_olympics.php (659 words)

	Turin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city as well as a business and cultural center in northwest Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River.
		Turin is well-known as the home of the Shroud of Turin, headquarters of Fiat automobile manufacturer and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
		Turin was the city where the FISA (international rowing federation) was born in 1892.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turin (2437 words)

	Turin travel guide - Wikitravel
		Turin inhabitants are well known across Italy for their understatement and confidentiality and the city reflects this attitude.
		Turin's main attractions include important baroque palaces and churches, a regular and attractive street grid, an extensive network of arcades, famous coffeeshops and a number of world-renowned museums.
		Turin is a city that feels its mountain legacy and their proximity is why so many inhabitants have second homes in the thousands of little valley villages.
	wikitravel.org /en/Turin (1829 words)

	Travel to Turin, Italy
		Turin is located in north west Italy on the bank of the Po river.
		Turin is the capital of the Piedmont region.
		Turin was founded in the 1st century B.C. and has gone through numerous wars and changes of hands, but always remained a central focus of Northern Italy.
	italy.geopassage.com /city/Turin.htm (209 words)

	Italian Bed and Breakfast, close to Turin, Italy
		This Italian Bed and Breakfast, close to Turin, Italy, is in the village of Famolasco, steeped in history, with its castle, the church and the old school.
		And this Italian Bed and Breakfast, close to Turin, Italy, is your introduction to the many delights of the Piedmont region.
		Turin meanwhile is an elegant grid of Baroque palazzos, churches, museums and galleries.
	www.knowital.com /piedmont/turin/elrabot/bandb2.html (559 words)

	Turin Tourist Information, Travel & Hotel Guide\| Italy Heaven
		Turin (Torino) is the capital of Italy's Piemonte (Piedmont) region, in the far north-west of the country, and is famous for a curious assortment of things: including Fiat, chocolate, football and the Turin Shroud.
		Turin does not have the political importance it once held before the parliament of a united Italy moved to Rome, but the city is a major industrial centre (most famous for car manufacturer Fiat) and the attractive Baroque town centre is cosmopolitan and gracious.
		Turin is the base for the 2006 Winter Olympics, which will take place in the many skiing resorts within easy reach of the city.
	www.italyheaven.co.uk /turin.html (553 words)

	72 Turin hotels. Accommodation in Turin. Hotels in Turin, Italy
		Turin, alongside its rival forever, Milan, belongs to the Italian North.
		It's modern, prosperous, mixing the tradition of Italy's ancient history and the modernity of this Mediterranean country.
		In order to be frank, though, one has to admit Turin does not have that much of Italy's famed antiquity, or even the Middle Ages.
	italy.europe-mountains.com /turin-hotels.aspx (494 words)

	Turin Hotels - Turin, Italy
		The Atahotel Concord is a 4-star hotel located just in the centre of Turin, just a stone's throw away from all of the city's main museums and monuments, and is also in the heart of the shopping area....
		The hotel is located in one of the most beautiful and elegant areas of the city in a very quiet street, only a few steps from the Museo Egizio and the Palazzo Reale....
		The Hotel Diplomatic, which has been recently completely renovated, is located in a convenient position in the heart of Turin, walking distance from the railways station "Porta Susa" and air terminal.
	www.activereservations.com /hotel/en/italy/piemonte/torino/turin (459 words)

	Hotels in Turin
		Turin, TO The Royal was established 1976 and completely renowed in 1996.
		Turin, TO The Pacific Hotel Airport is located in the vicinity of the Sandro Pertini International Airport of Caselle TRN, just a few minutes from Turin, 6 km from the...
		Turin, TO This is one of the oldest hotels in Torino, located in the city centre near Porta Nuova Railway Station and has been run by the same family since 1854 Via...
	www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Italy/Turin.asp (775 words)

	Turin Hotels - Turin Italy Hotel Reservations
		In the heart of Turin, in front of our main railway station “Porta Nuova”, you may find hotel Urbani, three-strar category, recently renovated in all.
		The Royal Hotel is situated in Turin a few minutes away from the historical centre of the city and within easy reach as well from the motorway as from the airport " Sa...
		The hotel is situated in the heart of Turin's commercial and cultural centre, just a few metres from the old town which preserves testimonies to two thousand years of his...
	www.traveleurope.it /itinerari/t/torino.shtml (370 words)

	Turin Tourist Attractions \| Italy Heaven
		Piazza Castello is the hotspot of tourist Turin, home to grand palaces such as Palazzo Reale, the royal palace of the Savoy dynasty, and Palazzo Madama, previously a castle, prison, barracks, senate house, and now a museum (under restoration).
		The palace is gilded and grand memento of the Savoy family who, having ruled this area for generations, rose to become monarchs of the united Italy.
		A popular destination for Turin's visitors, Superga is the basilica on the hill which dominates views from the town.
	www.italyheaven.co.uk /turintourist.html (849 words)

	Turin travel guide
		Turin owns a huge heritage represented by cultural institutions that operate in the most diverse fields of knowledge and are united by a great dynamism.
		Turin today is a dynamic reality engaged in a modernisation process unrivalled in Italy.
		Turin has not only been the capital of the Savoy Kingdom; it is also the capital of the motor car industry, of the Alpine peaks and of the cinema: precious collections, testimony to these facts, are housed in some of the most important museums in the city.
	www.world66.com /europe/italy/piemonte/turin (276 words)

	Chennai Living: Travelog # 4 - Turin, Italy
		I was Turin (Torino) Italy for a couple of days early this.
		Turin (Torino in Italian) hosted the 2006 winter Olympics early this year.
		Turin was the first capital of unified Italy between 1861 and 1865.
	chennailiving.blogspot.com /2006/09/travelog-4-turin-italy.html (281 words)

	In Italy Online - Turin Prepares For The Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		istanced from the rest of Italy in a corner of the country’s northwest, hemmed in by the mountains of the Alps and largely ignored by tourists, Turin has a reputation as a conservative, boring kind of place.
		It was the capitol of Italy for few years and the capitol of the Sardinia Kingdom for centuries.
		The Sardinia Kingdom is the one that produces the unification of Italy, defeating Austrian Hungarian, Bourbons and the state ruled by the Pope.
	www.initaly.com /regions/piedmont/olympics.htm (889 words)

	The Mana Bros. Page of Cthulhu in Turin
		No longer the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, Turin in the 1920s is still the most international town in the country.
		Shopping in Italy - a less glamorous subject than it might seem, this is a short price list for essentials in Italy in the 20s and 30s, with extensive notes on Italian lifestyle.
		Turin Area Industries - a brief overview of the industrial landscape through the years, including the industry development effects on population.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/zenith/134/turin.htm (843 words)

	Turin Daily Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is the entrance of the Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre), one of the most important opera theatres in Italy.
		Turin is well known for its cafés, some of them dating back to the XVIII century.
		In Torino we have three rivers: in the river Po, the longest and most important in Italy, flow the Dora Riparia and the Stura and this is the exactly point where the Dora meets the Po.
	turindailyphoto.blogspot.com (2521 words)

	Turin Overview \| Turin City Guide \| iExplore.com
		Situated on the mighty River Po in the far northwest of Italy, and surrounded by stunning alpine scenery, Turin offers visitors a feast of baroque architecture, ornate Art Nouveau cafes, and museum collections covering everything from Egyptology to contemporary art.
		After unification, Turin was the first capital of Italy, an honor it held for just four years.
		The symbol of the city is the Mole Antonelliana, an eye-catching dome, while its most famous relic is the Holy Shroud, thought by some to be the cloth that wrapped Christ’s body after the crucifixion.
	www.iexplore.com /cityguides/Italy/Turin/Overview (259 words)

	University of Turin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The University of Turin (Italian Università degli Studi di Torino, UNITO) is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy.
		In the 19th Century, the University of Turin was one of the centers of the Italian anti-fascism.
		The Gentile Reform of 1923 officially recognized 21 universities in Italy; Turin was included among the 10 State universities which were directly managed and funded by the State but were independent as regards administration and teaching, as far as the law allowed, and supervised by the National Education Ministry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Turin (2772 words)

	Turin : Italy Vacationer
		In northwestern Italy by the Po River lies the historic city of Turin, surrounded by majestic snowy mountains.
		Sightseeing in Turin is easy because all the major attractions are close to one another in the central part of the city.
		Turin is a chocoholics dream, with many different chocolate shops where you can purchase fine handmade chocolate.
	www.italyvacationer.com /turin/turin (416 words)

	CANOE - 2006 GAMES TURIN ITALY - News
		TURIN, Italy -- Canada has caught up with the rest of the world in the way it develops elite athletes.
		Gardiner says it's not pie-in-the-sky when you look at the increased funding going toward athletes, not just direct funding, but through support programs like the ones offered at the National Sports Centres, one of which is in Winnipeg.
		The support continues here: the ratio of athletes to staff in Turin is one-to-one.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/News/2006/02/12/1438766-sun.html (400 words)

	Turin - New York Times
		It is a center of Italy's contemporary art scene, the birthplace of Italian cinema and home to some of the country's finest delicacies, including chocolate, truffles and wine.
		Olympic events are scattered throughout Turin and six Alpine ski resorts, most of which are more than 90 miles away from the city.
		Although Turin's city center is the most popular area for tourists, the Lingotto area is the heart of the main Olympic district.
	travel2.nytimes.com /2006/02/05/travel/05webturin.html (892 words)

	NewsHour Extra Lesson Plan: Turin Olympics
		As the fourth largest city in Italy, Turin is an industrial and cultural center, and now the world will learn much more about the culture, geography, history, and broad appeal of this northern Italian city.
		After studying the map of Italy briefly, have students compare the latitude of Turin/Torino with the latitude of the city/state where they live.
		Have students compare the elevation of Turin and the surrounding areas with the elevation of popular U.S. ski areas.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/turin.html (1310 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Turin, Italy
		Located in the Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) region of northwestern Italy, the city of Turin (Torino) is an important industrial and cultural center, and it is hosting the Twentieth Olympic Winter Games.
		La Mandria Regional Park, located along the southwest bank of Stura di Lanzo, is a nature and historical preserve approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) to the northwest of the city center.
		Decreasing image contrast over Turin is the result of atmospheric pollution commonly observed in the Po River Valley.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17184 (378 words)

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