Turin facts for kids

Turin.

Mole Antonelliana, the symbol of Turin, lighted for the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification

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Turin is a major industrial city on the west bank of the Po river in Piedmont, northwest Italy. Over a 900,000 people live in it. Turin is the fourth largest city in Italy, after Rome, Milan and Naples. Turin is the capital of Piedmont. Fiat's first car factory was in Turin. The city was the host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. In Turin there are two major rivers the Po and the Dora, and two minor rivers the Stura and the Sangone.

Turin was the first capital of Italy in 1861. It had previously been the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia and before that it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy. Filippo Juvarra designed many churches and palaces in the city.

Images for kids

The Roman Palatine Towers
Humbert I of Savoy
Turin in 1701
A view of Turin in the late 19th century. In the background, the Mole Antonelliana under construction
Liberation parade in Turin, May 6, 1945
Turin from space (north is on the left)
Administrative map of Turin
Via Roma
Piazza San Carlo and the Caval 'd Brons (Bronze Horse in Piedmontese language) equestrian monument to Emmanuel Philibert
Piazza Castello with Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) in the background
Porta Nuova main railway station
Piazza Vittorio Veneto square
Baroque façade of Palazzo Carignano, the Museum of the Risorgimento
Mole Antonelliana some years ago
Dome of Turin Cathedral
Palatine Towers
Porta Susa railway station
Borgo Medievale
Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
The Spina Centrale is a new under-construction boulevard built over the undergrounded railway. It is already completed in Crocetta.
The Piazza Carlo Alberto
Casa della Vittoria (1918-1920) is an example of Turin's neo-gothic architecture.
Intesa Sanpaolo banking group headquarters
Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Suffragio e Santa Zita
Tiny streets of Borgo Dora
Santuario di Maria Ausiliatrice
Lavazza, famous Turin coffee brand
Piedmont Region Headquarters (209 m), one of the tallest skyscrapers in Italy
Campus Luigi Einaudi
Turin Cathedral featuring the Chapel of the Holy Shroud
The medieval village in Valentino Park
The Lingotto building in Via Nizza, the world headquarters of Fiat
The royal hunting lodge of Stupinigi.
Teatro Regio opera house.
Juventus Stadium, home of Juventus F.C..
The iconic gianduiotto chocolate
Hall of the Rectorate Palace of the University of Turin
Porta Susa railway station
Turin Massaua metro station
Turin Caselle International Airport
City tram, bus can be seen behind