Torino 2006 Winter Olympics: Olympic Arch, Olympic Village, Palavela

Turin held the 2006 Winter Olympics, although the mountains are not that close to the city: Ice-based sports were staged in the metropolitan centre, with snow-based events in the mountain regions. For the occasion, a number of buildings and infrastructures were built or refurbished. This includes the Olympic Arch and footbridge, as well as the Olympic Village, both built in the Lingotto neighbourhood of Turin. I also passed by the Palavela arena in the same area near Giardino Corpo Italiano di Liberazione.

Above, the Olympic Arch (Arco Olimpico) and footbridge (Passerella Olimpica), coming from the 8 Gallery Lingotto shopping mall.

Above, hooded crow.

Above, Grattacielo della Regione Piemonte in construction (as of October 2019) and Oval Lingotto, an indoor arena also built for the 2006 Olympics.

Above, La Bolla by Renzo Piano, on the roof of the 8 Gallery shopping mall, formerly a Fiat factory. The ball overlooks a race track which is open to the public.

Above, below the Arch.

Above, train tracks.

Above, Torino Ex MOI, with the Olympic Village behind it. It was also used for the Olympics, as a complex for exhibitions, information points, stalls and retail shops.

Above, most of the Torino Ex MOI was off-limit, with just a path between the exit and the footbridge.

Above, Torino 2006 sign.

Above, decaying building in the Olympic Village. That area is now occupied by migrants.

Above, Olympic bridge.

Above, the tower of Torino Ex MOI and the Olympic Arch seen from Giardini di Piazza Galimberti.

Above, walking back to 8 Gallery. Without the fog, there would have been a great view of the hills above Turin in that direction.

Above, the small building on the roof is part of the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, an art gallery.

Below, Torino Palavela, still in the Lingotto neighbourhood but closer to the Po river.