Turi (Apulia)

Turi
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari  (BA)
Coordinates	40 ° 55 '  N , 17 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 '2 "  N , 17 ° 1' 11"  E
height	254  m slm
surface	70.77 km²
Residents	12,994 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	184 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	70010
prefix	080
ISTAT number	072047
Popular name	Turesi
Patron saint	John the Baptist and Orontius of Lecce
Website	Turi

Turi (in the local dialect: Tùre ) is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 12,994 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bari in Apulia . The municipality is located about 26 kilometers southeast of Bari and about 52 kilometers northwest of Taranto .

history

Presumably already existed in 6./7. In the 17th century a Peuketeer settlement was here , which stretched over about 25 hectares. Possibly it was the Thuriae settlement mentioned by Titus Livius .

During the time of fascism, numerous anti-fascists were imprisoned in Turi.

Personalities

• Giovanni Maria Sabino (1588–1649), organist and composer
• Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), Marxist philosopher, anti-fascist and founder of the Communist Party of Italy, imprisoned in Turi from 1928 to 1933.
• Alessandro Pertini (1896–1990), President from 1978 to 1985, imprisoned in Turi

traffic

The Strada Statale 172 dei Trulli leads through the municipality from Casamassima via Putignano to Alberobello . There is a train station on the non-electrified Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway line.

Community partnerships

Turi maintains partnerships with the Slovenian municipality of Sežana in the Obalno-kraška region and with the Luxembourg municipality of Roeser in the canton of Esch an der Alzette .

supporting documents

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Turi  - collection of images, videos and audio files