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Turin (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 03 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.0500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Po river near junction with other rivers; Taurini town was partly destroyed by Hannibal 218 BCE; was important Roman military town; part of Lombard kingdom, then of Frankish empire; ruled by Savoy from the 11th century and held by the French in the 16th and 19th centuries. |
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| Torino (preferred,C,V)
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| Turin (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Torinese (C,V,English,U,A)
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| טורינו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Augusta Taurinorum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Julia Augusta Taurinorum (H,V)
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| Julia Taurinorum (H,V)
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| Taurasia (H,V)
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............ | name of the settlement of the Taurini people |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Piedmont (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Torino (province) (P) |
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Turin (inhabited place) (P) |
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Turin (inhabited place) |
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Savoy (historical region) (P,H) |
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Turin (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Celts, later inhabited by Taurini |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for automobile, airplane, ball-bearing, metallurgical, chemical, plastics & electrotechnical industries |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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long noted for chocolate & wines |
| communications center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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for road, rail & air traffic |
| university center (C) |
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founded in 1405 by Louis of Savoy-Acaia |
| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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seat of bishopric established ca. 415, of archbishopric since 1510 |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for Renaissance & Baroque architecture, & for museums of armor, antiquities, art, zoology & science |
| pilgrimage center (C) |
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for the Shroud of Turin, since 1354 believed to be shroud that had covered the body of Christ, in Turin cathedral since 1578 |
| political center (H) |
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was especially active in 19th cen. as political & intellectual hub for Risorgimento |
| capital (H) |
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of duchy of Savoy, from 1563; of Kingdom of Sardinia, from 1720; of newly united Italy, 1861-1865 |
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