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During the Roman expansion Turin was theatre of wars, reconciliations and alliances, until the foundation, under Julius Caesar, of a military outpost. It was called Augusta Taurinorum (29 - 28 A.C.).
As a main route to occidental Alpes, after the Roman fall, Torino underwent Goths', Francs' and Lombard' dominium, followed by the long Savoy settlement during which Savoy family emerged among the emperor, bishops, feudatory and organs of the growing municipality. Under Savoy dominium Turin reached the rank of capital.
In 1629 Carlo Emanuele I started the first expansion of Turin, which confered this town the structure we still appleciate today. It was also a lively time for art and culture. The city gained the shape of a severe capital town with elegant palaces.
The XIX century brought Turin to be the capital of the Kingdom of Italy followed by a growing industrial vocation.
Thanks to its history Turin shows a strong dichotomy between architecture-art-luxury and its proletarian soul, which makes the city alive and active from several points of view.