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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.
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The Roman Palatine Towers.
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Siege of Turin.
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Turin in the 17th century.
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A view of Turin in the late 19th century. In the background, the Mole Antonelliana under construction.
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Documenti inediti e sparsi sulla storia di Torino (1931)
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Turin today
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Closer bird-eye view to the city
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Via Roma
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Piazza San Carlo and the equestrian monument to Emmanuel Philibert.
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Piazza Castello with Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) in the background.
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Porta Nuova main railway station, in front of Piazza Carlo Felice square (before restyling).
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Piazza Vittorio Veneto square.
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Baroque façade of Palazzo Carignano.
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Mole Antonelliana some years ago.
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Dome of Turin Cathedral.
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Palatine Towers.
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Porta Susa railway station.
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Borgo Medievale.
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Castello del Valentino in Parco del Valentino.
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Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II
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Turinese Institute of Technology Politecnico
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The Spina Centrale is a new under-construction boulevard built over the undergrounded railway. It is already completed in Crocetta
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General Motors Turinese headquarters
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Casa della Vittoria
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Intesa Sanpaolo banking group headquarters
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Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Suffragio e Santa Zita
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Cortile del Maglio
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Tiny streets of Borgo Dora
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Caserma Cavalli, a former barracks now hosting Storytelling and Performing Arts Scuola Holden School
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Disused Porta Milano railway station
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Santuario di Maria Ausiliatrice
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Lavazza, the famous Turinese coffee company, will soon move its headquarters in a new contemporary building in Aurora
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Officine Grandi Motori (OGM) is a former FIAT factory producing big Diesel engines
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Turin Cathedral featuring the Chapel of the Holy Shroud.
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The medieval village in Valentino Park.
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Fiat Lingotto in 1928.
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The inside of the Egyptian Museum, the second largest in the world after the one in Cairo.
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National Library
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Teatro Regio
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Turin Book Expo
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The Juventus Stadium in Turin
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The Mole Antonelliana
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The iconic Gianduiotto
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Bicerin served in its trademark rounded glass
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Porta Susa railway station
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Turin VAL metro station