| Sestriere Sestrieras |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Province | Province of Turin (TO) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walter Marin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,035 m (6,677 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 886 |
| • Density | 35.4/km2 (91.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sestrieresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 10058 |
| Dialing code | 0122 |
| Patron saint | Saint Edward |
| Saint day | October 13 |
| Website | Official website |
Sestriere (Occitan: Sestrieras, Piemontese: Ël Sestrier) is an alpine village in Italy, a comune (municipality) of the Province of Turin. It is 17 km (11 mi) from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.
Sestriere is a popular skiing resort; during the winter holidays the population goes up to about 20,000 people. Together with the villages of Pragelato, Claviere, Sauze d'Oulx, Cesana Torinese and San Sicario, and Montgenèvre in France, it makes up the Via Lattea (Milky Way) skiing area. Sestriere is connected to 146 skiable pistes, for a total of up to 400 km of trails, of which 120 are provided with artificial snow. Sestriere is also one of the few facilities where it is possible to ski at night on a floodlit run.
It regularly hosts FIS Alpine Ski World Cup events, and it hosted the FIS World Championships in 1997, and the IPC World Championships in 2011. It was a main venue during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and the 2006 Winter Paralympics, hosting all the men's alpine skiing competitions and being the site of one of the three Olympic Villages.[1]
In the summertime it is possible to play golf on Europe's highest 18-hole course.
It is also a famous starting and arrival point in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. Notably, it was the scene of a definitive moment in Lance Armstrong's career when he rode away from the field in a breakaway uphill finish to take the stage in the 1999 Tour de France, which was the first of his seven championships in that race.
The two hotel towers, one of which was part of the Olympic Village, were built in the 1930s by FIAT's founder Giovanni Agnelli, and have become the symbol of the village; these were the first buildings of the village.
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It is a part of the Via Lattea (Milky Way) ski area in Italy, where the 2006 Winter Olympics were held.
Pragelato - the resort is part of the Via lattea(Milky Way) , is connected to this area by the Pattemouche-Anfiteatro cableway, built in 2006. There is a wide variety of activities for tourists, who can enjoy any kind of sport, in summer a 9-hole golf course can be played. Pragelato is a natural paradise for cross-country skiing, you have the chance to try the Olympic course supplied with planned snow-making system over 10 km as well as the tourist course that winds along the gorgeous scenarios of the Val Troncea Natural Park. The ski-jumping stadium present the Olympic heritage, which highlights the tourist-sport development of this resort.
Claviere - This small resort is just over the border in Italy and is included in the Monts de la lune lift pass. It is where the Olympic cross country ski teams practised for the Olympics in 2006.
San Sicario - They held the Biathlon and Alpine skiing events here in the 2006 winter Olympics. They also held the Bobsleigh and luge events here. You can attempt the Olympic women's super G and downhill courses.
Sauze d'Oulx - Free Style Skiing Olympic events held here in 2006. The resort is acclaimed for its lively apres-ski.
Serre Chevalier - Nearby French resort with over 250 km of skiing. There is a free day of skiing here on your lift pass.
The ski resorts at Sestriere were developed from the 1930s by the Agnelli family.
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