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The Shroud of Turin ( Italian: Sindone di Torino ), also known as the Holy Shroud[ 2][ 3] (Italian: Sacra Sindone ), is a length of linen cloth that bears a faint image of the front and back of a man. It has been venerated for centuries, especially by members of the Catholic Church, as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus of ...
Pages in category "People from Turin" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Turin ( / tjʊəˈrɪn, ˈtjʊərɪn / ture-IN, TURE-in, [ 3] Italian: Torino, Italian: [toˈriːno] ⓘ) [ 4] 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 ...
Cristina Chiabotto (born 1986), Miss Italia, television presenter. Piero Chiambretti (born 1956), television presenter. Sergio Chiamparino (born 1948), mayor of Turin. Guido Chiesa (born 1959), director. Francesco Cirio (1836–1900), entrepreneur. Gustavo Colonnetti (1886–1968), mathematician and engineer.
Mole Antonelliana. The Mole Antonelliana ( pronounced [ˈmɔːle antonelˈljaːna]) is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions. Construction began in 1863, soon after Italian unification, and was completed in 1889, after the architect's ...
Secondo Pia. Secondo Pia (9 September 1855 – 7 September 1941) was an Italian lawyer and amateur photographer. He is best known for taking the first photographs of the Shroud of Turin on 28 May 1898 and, when he was developing them, noticing that the photographic negatives showed a positive image of the man in the shroud in addition to a clearer rendition of the image.
People from the Metropolitan City of Turin, formerly the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Subcategories This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total.
The Turin King List, also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is an ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus thought to date from the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II, now in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) [ 1] in Turin. The papyrus is the most extensive list available of kings compiled by the ancient Egyptians, and is the basis for most chronology before ...