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| '''Turin''' (Italian ''Torino'') is an industrial city in Northern ], home to the headquarters and main production lines of the car company ]. |
'''Turin''' (Italian ''Torino'') is an industrial city in Northern ], home to the headquarters and main production lines of the car company ]. | ||
| Its origins are today supposed more ancient, but it was developed in ] age, when romans created there a military camp (''Castra Taurinorum''), later dedicated to ] (''Augusta Taurinorum''). The typical roman urbanistic structure (cross-angled roads), still is charachteristic of the town. | |||
| One of its main symols is the Basilica od ] (or ''Mole Antonelliana''), in which is saved the ], an old linen cloth with an imprint of a man, by many believed to be the cloth that covered ] in his grave. | |||
| The city is famous for its soccer teams (] and ]), and will host the 2006 Winter Olympics. | |||
| During the fifties, in a terrible air accident, the whole football team of Turin (then one of the most important of ]) was in a plane that hit the Mole Antonelliana. Among those who lost their lives, Valentino Mazzola, father of Ferruccio and Sandro Mazzola (later football champions them too). | |||
| Turin produces a typical ], named ''Gianduiotto'' after ], local ]. | |||
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Turin (Italian Torino) is an industrial city in Northern Italy, home to the headquarters and main production lines of the car company Fiat.
Its origins are today supposed more ancient, but it was developed in roman age, when romans created there a military camp (Castra Taurinorum), later dedicated to Augustus (Augusta Taurinorum). The typical roman urbanistic structure (cross-angled roads), still is charachteristic of the town.
One of its main symols is the Basilica od Superga (or Mole Antonelliana), in which is saved the Shroud of Turin, an old linen cloth with an imprint of a man, by many believed to be the cloth that covered Jesus in his grave.
The city is famous for its soccer teams (Juventus and A.C. Torino), and will host the 2006 Winter Olympics. During the fifties, in a terrible air accident, the whole football team of Turin (then one of the most important of Italy) was in a plane that hit the Mole Antonelliana. Among those who lost their lives, Valentino Mazzola, father of Ferruccio and Sandro Mazzola (later football champions them too).
Turin produces a typical chocolate, named Gianduiotto after Gianduia, local mask.