Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Nature Wallpaper - Turin Traveling

Nature Wallpaper - Turin Traveling, Italy

Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin; pronounced [tyɾ'iɳ]) is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city of Turin is 908,000 (2004 census); its agglomeration totals 1,745,221 inhabitants, ranking fourth in Italy, while its metropolitan area has a population of 2,215,000 inhabitants. It is ranked third, after Rome and Milan, for economical strength. Turin is well known as the home of the Shroud of Turin, the football teams Juventus FC and Torino FC, the headquarters of automobile manufacturers Fiat and Lancia, and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy from 1563, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the Royal House of Savoy and finally the first capital of a unified Italy. It is often referred to as "the Capital of the Alps", "Automobile Capital" and "the Subalpine Capital".


Turin is located in northwest Italy. It is surrounded on the western and northern front by the Alps and on the eastern front by a high hill that's the natural prosecution of the hills of Monferrato. Four major rivers pass through the city: the Po and two of its tributaries, the Dora Riparia (later changed to "Duria Minor" by the Romans, from the Celtic duria meaning "water"), the Stura di Lanzo, and the Sangone. Interesting Place to be visited in Turin are :
  1. Mole Antonelliana, whose construction began in 1863 and which today houses the National Cinema Museum.
  2. The Palatine Towers are among the best preserved Roman remains in northern Italy.
  3. The Cathedral of St John the Baptist houses the Shroud of Turin, an old linen cloth with an imprint of a man, which is believed by many to be the cloth that covered Jesus in his grave.
  4. Nearby is the former royal residence: the seventeenth-century Palazzo Reale, built for Madama Reale Christine Marie of France.
  5. The Museo Egizio has the most important collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world after the Cairo Museum.
  6. Turin has buildings of great historical and architectural interest: the Savoy Residences. In addition to the Royal Palace (the official residence of the Savoys until 1865) there are many palaces, residences and castles in the city centre and in the surrounding towns. Turin is home to Palazzo Chiablese, the Royal Armoury, the Royal Library, Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Carignano, Villa della Regina, and the Valentino Castle.
  7. The complex of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy in Turin and in the nearby cities of Rivoli, Moncalieri, Venaria Reale, Agliè, Racconigi, Stupinigi, Pollenzo and Govone was declared in 1997 a World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
  8. Its gardens include the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino, a historic botanical garden.
  9. In the hills overlooking the city is the basilica church of Superga, providing a view of Turin against a backdrop of the snow-capped Alps. The basilica holds the tombs of many of the dukes of Savoy, as well as many of the kings of Sardinia. Superga can be reached by means of the Superga Rack Railway from the suburb of Sassi.

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