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.

The Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games showed the world an unexpected city, surprising not only people who previously couldn't have found the city on a map, but even surprising those who were already familiar with it. The success of the Games was just the first, important step of an intense process of transformation that the city has been undergoing for a while now.In fact, since the 1990s Torino 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 into 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. These are the new ambitions of a city with an illustrious history, grand traditions and an extraordinary geographical position, for Torino is located one hour from the mountains and one hour from the sea and it is - in the words of the great architect Le Corbusier - "the city with the most beautiful natural position."