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Turin (Italian: Torino; Piemontese: Turin; pronounced [tyɾ'iɳ]) is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the right bank of the Po River. The population of the city of Turin is 908,000 (2004 census); its agglomeration totals about 1.7 million inhabitants, while its metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 million inhabitants. Turin is well-known as the home of the Shroud of Turin and Juventus FC, headquarters of Fiat and Lancia automobile manufacturers and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. It has been the capital of the Duchy of Savoy since 1563, then of the Kingdom of Savoy and finally the first capital of a unified Italy.

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  • Since 1578, this city has been the home to the Shroud of Turin
  • There was gold in the hills of this host city as the Times noted the start of the Winter Olympics there on Feb. 10
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.) The Piedmont region is known for bread sticks, which an enthused Napoleon called "little sticks" of this city, that holds a famous shroud
  • Once the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Taurini, it was Italy's first capital, 1861-65
  • In 1998 2 million pilgrims went to see a piece of cloth in this Italian city's cathedral
  • The pope has approved the public display of this city's famous shroud in 1998
  • Italy's motor city, it's gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympics
  • The fact this Italian city is home to Fiat isn't shrouded in mystery
  • The Po River winds past this 21st century Winter Olympic Games site
  • One of Hannibal's first victories in Italy was against the chief town of the Taurini people, today this "shrouded" city
  • The shroud of the French occupation of this town was lifted in 1562 when it became the seat of the Dukes of Savoy
  • Italy's industrial triangle is formed by Milan, Genoa & this city on the Po

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