Piedmont

Torino Shopping 2006

Consuming the Olympic spirit:

The Olympic spirit is pulsating in Torino (Turin). This breathtaking beautiful city in northern Italy graced with the majestic Alps along its skyline, French influenced architecture and castles standing along its embrace with the River Po, now assumes a new character. There is definitely a new vitality in this mostly quiet, but rather unique cultural city. Suddenly, it seems that everyone wants to consume the Olympic spirit.

Torino 2006: Olympics in Turin

Torino 2006: How the Olympics are Improving Turin

The Olympics are not just about the sporting events, they often have a positive impact on their venue cities for years to come. The infrastructure improvements made to cities such as Barcelona and Athens (especially the transportation systems) has been hugely beneficial to both commerce and tourism. During the competition the host city has the opportunity to show off what it has to offer the world once the Olympics are over.

Turin History

The City of Torino - A Brief History

A Brief History of Turin

Turin, in the capital of the Piedmont region, is located in the northwest area of Italy. Torino, as the Italians call it, is a major industrial city that lies along the Po River. The Po stretches from Mount Monviso in the Alpie Cozie (Southwestern Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. Torino is home to one of the most famous relics of Christendom, the Shroud of Turin, and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Turin - Torino

Torino, Italy - Modern city, Historic past

The enlightenment writer Montesquieu once dubbed Turin as "the finest village in the world" thanks to a modern city plan begun in the 17th century. While many Italian cities can be a warren of twisting side streets, Turin boasts wide avenues with arcades, large squares and plenty of palazzi. To get a bird's eye view of the city take a glass elevator ride to the top of La Mole Antonelliana, which is sort of like the Italian Eiffel Tower.

Temples of Damanhur in Northern Italy

A Secret Wonder in Italy

The quiet Valchiusella valley, close to Torino in Northern Italy hides a secret below ground. Unknown to most visitors and for a time even the Italian Government this valley is home to a bewildering temple complex known as the Temples of Damanhur. The vast underground temples were begun thirty years ago by a man who now goes by the name of Falco, following his lifelong vision. From a handful of followers digging under a house, the temples and the movement known as Damanhur have grown considerably.

Piedmont / Piemonte

The name of the region derives from the Medieval Latin term Pedemontium, which means "at the foot of the mountains." Piemonte is aptly named as it lies at the foot of the Alps and has a culture and dialect that is closer to parts of France than other parts of Italy. It is bordered by France and Switzerland as well as the Italian regions of Liguria, Valle d'Aosta and Lombardy. The area occupies the plain of the Po River valley and produces much of the wheat and rice for the country in the area of Novara and Vercelli.