Torino is a city that looks towards the future, confident of its historic legacy of material and cultural resources. First an ancient Roman city, Torino was reborn with Emanuele Filiberto, who in 1563 made it the capital of the Duchy of Savoy. The capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1864, Torino's industrial development began in the second half of the 19th century. Today, Torino is a city with a thousand faces: a centre of finance and industry, international trade and a meeting point - but at the same time a city pleasant to live in and one with a unique and unmistakable atmosphere: long tree-lined avenues, great squares and luminous internal courtyards. But it also reveals the imposing presence of nature: four rivers, the hills, parks and gardens that make it one of the greenest cities in Europe.