The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo; Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome.
"Passion lives here", the Turin 2006 motto written by the Italian calligrapher Francesca Biasetton [it]
Victory ceremony at Medals Plaza
2006 Olympics logo on display in the Carlo Felice Square, in Turin
Torino's Olympic Oval hosting the 2009 European Athletics Indoor
Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 843,514, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.
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Image: Torino Piazza Castello 11
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Image: Mole Antonelliana in Turin