Turin Flights
Numerous tourists often like to travel to the city of Turin to see the culture, sports, tourist attractions and society of the city. Some may want to fly to the city by airplane. Some may want to fly by large or small airplanes. Some may want fly by cheap or luxury planes. Some may want to fly by fast planes.
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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. It is ranked third, after Rome and Milan, for economic strength.
Turin is well known as the home of the Shroud of Turin, the football teams Juventus F.C. and Torino F.C., the headquarters of automobile manufacturers Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, 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 and the Automobile Capital of Italy.
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.
Turin has a continental climate, unlike most of Italy which is famous for its comfortable Mediterranean climate.
The symbol of Turin is the Mole Antonelliana. It is named for the architect who built it, Alessandro Antonelli. Construction began in 1863 as as a Jewish synagogue. Nowadays it houses the National Museum of Cinema, and it is believed to be the tallest museum in the world.
The Palatine Towers is an ancient Roman-medieval structure that served as one of four Roman city gates, which allowed access from north to the cardus maximus, the typical second main street of a Roman town. The Palatine Towers are among the best preserved Roman remains in northern Italy.
Turin Cathedral dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (Italian San Giovanni Battista) is the major church of the city. It was built during 1491-1498 and it is adjacent to an earlier campanile (1470). The Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the current resting place of the Shroud of Turin, was added to the structure in 1668-1694.
The city is famous for two football teams: Juventus F.C. (founded 1897), and Torino F.C. (founded 1906). These squads play in the oldest derby in Italy: the Derby della Mole or Derby of Torino.
Turin is the birth place of solid chocolate. It was in Turin that, at the end of the 18th century, Mr. Doret invented a revolutionary machine that could make solid chocolate (as opposed to drinking chocolate).
Aeroporto di Torino also known as Turin Airport or Caselle Airport, is an airport in Turin, Italy. The airport is a focus city of the reborn Alitalia. It was built in 1953.
Torino-Aeritalia Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Torino-Aeritalia "Edoardo Agnelli" ), built in 1916, is the historical airport of Turin in north Italy. It is located off Corso Marche, some 5 km from the city centre. Commercial flights moved to Torino-Caselle in 1953 and today Torino-Aeritalia is used for tourist flights and as a flying school, both for gliding and powered flight. The is also a helipad for the use of air ambulances.
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