Occupying the central plains of Italy’s northern Piedmont region, Turin—Torino in Italian—is poised to make an impressive impact at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Shadowed by the mountainous Valle d’Aosta to its west, the city hosts the mystical Holy Shroud, beautiful neoclassical piazzas, great shopping, and the city’s landmark spire of the Mole Antoneliana soaring above the red-brick rooftops.
