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Province of Piedmont, Italy
Capital city of the province of Turin
a city on the River Po in northwest Italy, which is the capital of the Piedmont region and is an important centre of the Italian car-making industry. Its Italian name is Torino. Italian Torino City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 857,433), Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. Located on the Po River, it was founded by the Taurini. It was partly destroyed by Hannibal in 218 BC. It was made a Roman military colony under Emperor Augustus. A part of the Lombard duchy in the 6th century AD, it became the seat of government under Charlemagne (742-814). It passed to the house of Savoy in 1046. The capital of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1720, Turin was occupied by the French during the Napoleonic Wars. The political and intellectual centre of the Risorgimento movement, it served as the first capital of united Italy (1861-65). During World War II Turin sustained heavy damage from Allied air raids but was rebuilt. It is the focus of Italy's automotive industry and an international fashion centre. The Shroud of Turin has been housed in the 15th-century cathedral there since the 16th century
{i} city in NW Italy
capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy

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Turin Cathedral
{i} main church in Turin (Italy) built from 1491to 1498 the Chapel of which is the resting place of the Holy Shroud
Turin Shroud
a piece of cloth which is believed by some people to have covered the dead body of Jesus Christ after he had been crucified and to be marked with an image of his face. But scientists who tested the cloth using carbon dating methods believe that it is not as old as that
Shroud of Turin
Linen fragment that for centuries was said to be the burial garment of Jesus. It has been preserved since 1578 in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin, Italy. Measuring 14 ft 3 in. by 3 ft 7 in. (4.3 m by 1.1 m), it appears to portray images of the back and front of a gaunt, sunken-eyed man. The images contain markings that correspond to the stigmata and stains presumed to be blood. It emerged historically in 1354 and went on exhibition in 1389, first as a representation of the true shroud and eventually as the genuine article. In 1988 independent tests determined that the cloth was made 1260-1390
Shroud of Turin
{i} woven cloth that has been kept since the late 1500s in the Turin Cathedral (Italy) that has a faint life-size image of the back and front of a man believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus
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turin
turin

    Расстановка переносов

    Tu·rin

    Турецкое произношение

    tyûrîn

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    /ˈtyo͝orən/ /ˈtjʊrɪn/
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