Turin (tewr-IN, TEWR-in, Piedmontese: [tyˈriŋ] (listen); Italian: Torino [toˈriːno] (pay attention); Latin: Augusta Taurinorum, after that Taurinum) is a city and also an important organization and also social centre in north Italy. It is the funding city of Piedmont and also of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is generally on the western financial institution of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and also Superga Hillside. The populace of the city proper is 843,235 (31 July 2021) while the populace of the metropolitan location is approximated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin city is estimated by the OECD to have a populace of 2.2 million.The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first funding of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 ...