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Revision as of 01:39, 2 March 2002 by 151.24.144.47 (talk) (a bit more)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.