Turin is an ancient city, which was Italy’s first capital, and is now a great industrial district. Each moment in history has left its mark on the city, creating a legacy of culture, architecture and monuments. Since the 1990s Turin been following a path that has transformed it from an industrial capital - a sector which continues to play a fundamental role in the territory’s economy - into a pole of innovation, culture and improved quality of life.
From an area dedicated to material production and a city, the most important for Italy’s automotive industry, with Fiat and Lancia plants producing most of the national output of automobiles, it is now a center of creation and the sharing of knowledge: a path which requires new infrastructures - for education, for shared knowledge, for opportunities for young people, for the quality of the environment.
Situated on the banks of the Po River, near the foot of the Alps in northwestern Italy, Turin is located one hour from the mountains and one hour from the sea.
For Further information on Turin see www.comune.torino.it