Turi, Apulia

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Turi | official_name = Comune di Turi | native_name = | image_skyline = San_rocco_davanti_2.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of San Rocco | image_shield = Turi-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|58|N|17|07|E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = {{flag|Apulia}} | metropolitan_city = [[Metropolitan City of Bari|Bari]] (BA) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = Giuseppe De Tomaso | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 70 | population_footnotes = <ref>Population from [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]</ref> | population_total = 11881 | population_as_of = December 31, 2004 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Turesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 254 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = Sant'Oronzo | day = August 26 | postal_code = 70010 | area_code = 080 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.turi.ba.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Turi''' ([[Bari dialect|Turese]]: {{lang|nap|Ture}} {{IPA|nap|ˈtuːrə|}}; {{langx|grc|Θυριαι|translit=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.

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Apulia]]