From the sky, Turin - the ancient Augusta Taurinorum - is seen to be a crossroads of elegant piazzas, long and straight tree-lined avenues intersecting each other in the shade of a green hill.Turin is also a modern city which includes the new Lingotto, the Olympic Village and its busy factories. Its periphery is mainly aristocratic marked by splendid noble villas including the Royal Venaria and Stupinigi.Its environs boast magnificent parks and reserves which descend to the plains. From the sky, we are able to view the rest of Piedmont with its wealth of noble towns and historical villages.The Po River and its tributaries, the Piedmont hills and mountains - some of the highest in Europe - make this an extraordinary voyage over the capital of the Savoy residences portraying its history, art, traditions and innovations. Colour photographs
