Turi, Apulia
Comune in Apulia, Italy
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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.
Turi | |
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| Comune di Turi | |
Church of San Rocco | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Turi Location of Turi in Italy  Turi Turi (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′N 17°07′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Apulia |
| Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giuseppe De Tomaso |
| Area | |
• Total | 70 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (December 31, 2004)[2] | |
• Total | 11,881 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Turesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 70010 |
| Dialing code | 080 |
| Patron saint | Sant'Oronzo |
| Saint day | August 26 |
| Website | Official website |
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.
