The
2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the
XX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les
XXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (Italian:
XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and commonly known as
Torino 2006, was a winter
multi-sport event which was held in
Turin,
Italy, from February 10 to 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the
VII Olympic Winter Games in
Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. Italy also hosted the
Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960. Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 games in June 1999.