Turi, Apulia

Comune in Apulia, Italy
Location of Turi
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40°58′N 17°07′E / 40.967°N 17.117°E / 40.967; 17.117CountryItalyRegion ApuliaMetropolitan cityBari (BA)Government
 • MayorIppolita RestaArea • Total70 km2 (30 sq mi)Elevation
254 m (833 ft)Population
 (December 31, 2004)[2]
 • Total11,881 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)DemonymTuresiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
70010
Dialing code080Patron saintSant'OronzoSaint dayAugust 26WebsiteOfficial website

Turi (Turese: Ture [ˈtuːrə]; Ancient Greek: Θυριαι, romanized: Thuriai) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia, southern Italy. With a population approaching 12,000, it lies a few miles inland from the town of Polignano A Mare on the Adriatic Sea.

The Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci, imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime for eleven years (1926-1937), served most of his sentence in Turi, and died shortly after he was released.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population from ISTAT


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