Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Tag: Shroud of Turin

  • Torino (Turin), historically important and a surprisingly entertaining city in northern Italy

    Torino (Turin), historically important and a surprisingly entertaining city in northern Italy

    Torino (Turin), historically important and a surprisingly entertaining city in northern Italy

     

    Turin is more than the home of the Shroud of Turin and the home of one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, Fiat-Chrysler.  It is also home to many museums, most famously the Museo Egitzio (Egyptian Museum), Museo di Antichita, the wonderful archaeological museum; Museo dell Automobile with an astounding collection dating to the first Fiat in 1892;  the excellent Palazzo Reale;  There are many more, as well as astounding architecture and urban design.  Getting around is super easy with its excellent public transit system taking you just about anywhere efficiently and inexpensively. (more…)

  • From Torino (Turin) to Graz

    From Torino (Turin) to Graz

    From Graz to Torino (Turin)

     

    July 10, 2016

     

    From Graz you take a railroad operated bus to the train that carries you into Italy through the Alps; the bus avoids a much longer train ride through the mountains.  The scenery alone makes the trip worthwhile.  There are viaducts and tunnels galore.  Human have inhabited this area for thousands of years, although it is  well west of here,in the Oetztal Alps, where researchers unearthed the frozen body of a man who died in the mountains some 5000 years ago.  For more information on that, go to http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/oetzi-iceman-mummy-alps-lyme-disease-lactose-intolerance/story?id=15816788

     

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