In III century b.C. along the banks of river Po there was the settlement of the first "taurine" tribes, descending from the merging between Celtic-Ligurians and Gallic people that came in this area searching for cultivable lands. In 218 b.C. Hannibal army, after a three-day resistance, was destroyed. Under Augustus rule the city was an encampment. The town took the name of Augusta Taurinorum in 29 b.C. It was the main entrance to Western Alps and after the fall of Roman Empire, Turin was conquered by Goths, then by Longobards and at the end by Franks lead by Carlo Magno (773) that established a County. In 1045 there was the beginning of Savoia House thanks to the marriage between Moriana Savoia and the local regnant Adelide di Susa. The new dukedom quickly extended its territories but it was ruled by French for some decades (1536-62). At the end, it obtained back its independence. Turin became the capital (before this moment the capital was Chambery) and the territory included also Asti and Monferrato. In 1620 Carlo Emanuele I started a restructuring of the town and it became more "ordered" thanks to its long and aligned roads. In 1630 there was a terrible plague that stopped this development: many inhabitants died. In 1706 there was the heroic episode involving Pietro Micca: he lost his life trying to use the underground paths to stop the French armies. After the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Sardinia became part of the Reign. During Risorgimento Turin was the capital of the Reign of Italy, from 1861 to 1864. After the Second World War, Turin became the symbol of economic growth of Italy and many people emigrated there from Southern and Central Italy.

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