Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (and victor of the battle at San Quentin (1557) against French occupying forces) in the symbolic act of halting his steed and sheathing his sword - signifying the end of battle and the commencement of Turin as the future capital of Savoy. The Bronze Equestrian was scultpted by Baron Carlo Marochetti in 1833.
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