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Wikipedia: 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 left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 (November 2008) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants; the Turin metropolitan area is estimated by OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. Turin is a flourishing, industrious and cosmopolitan European city, which enjoys state-of-the-art technology and architectural developments.
![[A view of Turin and Piazza Vittorio Veneto]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torino_Piazza_Vittorio_Veneto01_2009_06_20_s.jpg "A view of Turin and Piazza Vittorio Veneto")
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![[A small pedestrian street in the Borgo Dora]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BorgoDora_s.jpg "A small pedestrian street in the Borgo Dora")
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![[Piazza San Carlo]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Turin_piazza_san_carlo_2009_s.jpg "Piazza San Carlo")
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![[A view of Turin in the late 19th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maggi_2C_Giovanni_Battista_Torino_Panorama_s.jpg "A view of Turin in the late 19th century")
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![[Monte dei Cappuccini]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mg_k_Torino_Cappuccini_s.jpg "Monte dei Cappuccini")
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![[Museo del Risorgimento italiano]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Museo_del_Risorgimento_italiano_s.jpg "Museo del Risorgimento italiano")
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![[Turin with Alps, view from Superga hill]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mg_k_Torino_Alpi_s.jpg "Turin with Alps, view from Superga hill")
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![[Turin in 1674.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torino_27s_map_281674_29_s.jpg "Turin in 1674.")
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![[Gran Madre di Dio Church]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_great_mother_s.jpg "Gran Madre di Dio Church")
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![[Turin, view from Monte dei Cappuccini]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torino_s.jpg "Turin, view from Monte dei Cappuccini")
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![[The Parco del Valentino]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Parco_del_Valentino_s.jpg "The Parco del Valentino")
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![[Royal Armoury of Turin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maggi_2C_Giovanni_Battista_28183_18_29_n_38_Torino_Armeria_Reale_s.jpg "Royal Armoury of Turin")
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![[A picture of Turin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palazzo_Reale_Torino48052_s.jpg "A picture of Turin")
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![[The iconic Gianduiotto]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gianduiotti_2_s.jpg "The iconic Gianduiotto")
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![[Turin tramcar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torino_tram_2885_2_s.jpg "Turin tramcar")
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![[The Baroque Basilica di Superga.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Basilica_di_Superga_s.jpg "The Baroque Basilica di Superga.")
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![[The Piazza Carlo Alberto in the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PiazzaCarloAlbertoTorino_2_s.jpg "The Piazza Carlo Alberto in the city.")
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![[The Cavour park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Parco_Cavour_Torino_2_s.jpg "The Cavour park")
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![[The Gran Madre di Dio Church.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/19TorinoGranMadreDio_2_s.jpg "The Gran Madre di Dio Church.")
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![[The Giardini Reali di Torino (Royal Gardens of Turin)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Giardini_Reali_a_Torino_2_s.jpg "The Giardini Reali di Torino (Royal Gardens of Turin)")
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![[The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, outside the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palazzina_di_caccia_di_Stupinigi1_s.jpg "The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, outside the city.")
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![[The inside of the Museo Egizio, one of the most important and prestigious museums of Egyptian history and art in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Museo_Egizio_di_Torino_631_o_s.jpg "The inside of the Museo Egizio, one of the most important and prestigious museums of Egyptian history and art in...")
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![[Parco del Valentino, 1961: light fountain with different tiers of cascading water]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fontana_luminosa_s.jpg "Parco del Valentino, 1961: light fountain with different tiers of cascading water")
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![[The sign for the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torino_2006_Piazza_Carlo_Felice_s.jpg "The sign for the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in the city.")
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![[Palazzo Madama]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PalazzoMadamaNotte_s.jpg "Palazzo Madama")
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![[University of Turin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palazzo_universit_C3_A0_cortile_interno_Torino_s.jpg "University of Turin")
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from Franco56 |
![[The Battle of Turin, 1706]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BattleofTurin_prince_Anhalt_2_s.jpg "The Battle of Turin, 1706")
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![[The Medusa heads on the gates of the Royal Palace of Turin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Medusa_Royal_Palace_Turin_s.jpg "The Medusa heads on the gates of the Royal Palace of Turin")
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from Anassagora |
![[Palazzo Madama]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ScalonePalazzoMadamaTorino_s.jpg "Palazzo Madama")
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![[Turin 1911 Expo poster.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/De_Karolis_2C_Adolfo_281874_1928_29_Esposizione_Torino_1911__s.jpg "Turin 1911 Expo poster.")
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![[Mole Antonelliana, symbol of Turin.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mole_Antonelliana01_2009_06_18_s.jpg "Mole Antonelliana, symbol of Turin.")
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![[View of the of the Four Doctors Triptych: St Gregory and St Jerome by Fra Filippo Lippi]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lippi_2C_dottori_della_chiesa_gregorio_e_girolamo_s.jpg "View of the of the Four Doctors Triptych: St Gregory and St Jerome by Fra Filippo Lippi")
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![[The Olympic Arch erected for the 2006 Winter Olympics]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Arcoolimpicotorino2006_s.jpg "The Olympic Arch erected for the 2006 Winter Olympics")
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![[Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878), the king of Italy and a citizen of Turin.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vittorio_Emanuele_II_ritratto_s.jpg "Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878), the king of Italy and a citizen of Turin.")
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from Mmm448 |
![[ Cover of the novel Cuore by Edmondo de Amicis.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cuore_front_matter_s.jpg "Cover of the novel Cuore by Edmondo de Amicis.")
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