# Turi, Apulia

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Comune in Apulia, Italy

Turi Comune Comune di Turi Church of San Rocco Coat of arms Turi Location of Turi in Italy Show map of Italy Turi Turi (Apulia) Show map of Apulia Coordinates: 40°58′N 17°07′E / 40.967°N 17.117°E / 40.967; 17.117 Country Italy Region Apulia Metropolitan city Bari (BA) Government • Mayor Giuseppe De Tomaso Area [1] • 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

**Turi** ([Turese](/source/Bari_dialect): *Ture* [\[ˈtuːrə\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Neapolitan); [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Θυριαι, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek): *Thuriai*) is a town and *[comune](/source/Comune)* in the [Metropolitan City of Bari](/source/Metropolitan_City_of_Bari) and region of [Apulia](/source/Apulia), southern [Italy](/source/Italy). With a population approaching 12,000, it lies a few miles inland from the town of [Polignano A Mare](/source/Polignano_A_Mare) on the [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea).

The Italian Marxist [Antonio Gramsci](/source/Antonio_Gramsci), imprisoned by [Benito Mussolini](/source/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. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_1-0)** ["Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Population from [ISTAT](/source/Istituto_Nazionale_di_Statistica)

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