Turi, Apulia
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Turi | |
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Comune di Turi | |
Coordinates: 40°58′N 17°07′E / 40.967°N 17.117°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ippolita Resta |
Area | |
• Total | 70 km2 (30 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 |
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
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Population from ISTAT
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