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Country ITALY (<)ITALY TURIN (regional info) > Tourism & Travel Guide: Turin AC Torino AMADEUS TEATRO Atahotel Concord BW HOTEL CRIMEA BW HOTEL GENIO BW HOTEL GRAN MOGOL CONTE BIANCAMANO EXECUTIVE HOTEL G T GROUP Express By Holiday Inn Turin Golden Palace GRAND HOTEL SITEA Hotel Campidoglio HOTEL LANCASTER Hotel Master HOTEL VICTORIA IMPERIAL HOTEL Le Meridien Turin Art and Tech Mercure Torino Crystal Palace NH JOLLY AMBASCIATORI NH LIGURE NH SANTO STEFANO Pacific Hotel Fortino PARCO SASSI HOTEL Principi di Piemonte Turin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the right 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 about 1.7 million inhabitants, ranking fourth in Italy, while its metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 million inhabitants, while it is rank as the third for financial importance. Turin is well-known as the home of the Shroud of Turin and Juventus FC, headquarters of Fiat and Lancia automobile manufacturers and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. It has been the capital of the Duchy of Savoy since 1563, then of the Kingdom of Savoy and finally the first capital of a unified Italy. It's often referred as "The Capital of the Alps", "Automobile Capital" and "The Subalpine Capital". read full wikipedia reference about Turin, Italy |
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