Turris
Turris is the family name of:
- Kyle Turris , Canadian ice hockey player
Turris (Latin tower ) is another word for burgi or burgus and denotes small forts or fortified watchtowers from Roman times or ancient settlements that emerged from such complexes:
- Turris (Byzacena) , city in Byzacena, between what is now Tunis and Majaz al Bab in Tunisia
- Turris Augusti , place in Hispania, today Torres do Oeste near Catoira in Spain
- Turris ad Algam , place in Tripolitania, southeast of today's Tripoli
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Turris Blanda , place in Byzacena
- Turrisblanda , titular bishopric
- Turris Caesaris (Apulia) , place on the coast of Apulia, around today's Polignano a Mare
- Turris Caesaris (Numidia) , place in Numidia, on the road from Sigus to Cirta
- Turris Calarnea (also Arnai ), place in Thrace, north of today's Arnea (municipality) on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Greece
- Turris Euphranta , city and fortress on the Great Syrte, today Libya, see Euphranta
- Turris Hannibalis , fortress in the Carthage area
- Turris Libisonis , port city in Sardinia, today Porto Torres
- Turris Mailiorum Arelliorum , place in Byzacena, west of today's Mareth in Tunisia
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Turris Rutunda , locality in Africa proconsularis
- Turris Rotunda , titular bishopric
- Turris Stratonis , settlement on the Phoenician coast, precursor settlement of Caesarea Maritima
- Stratonis Turris (Thracia) , place in Thrace on the Black Sea coast between Tomis and Callatis
- Turris et Taberna , place on the Great Syrte, probably west of Ras Lanuf at Matratin Airport
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Turris Tamalleni , place in Mauretania Caesariensis, between today's salt lakes Chott el Djerid and Chott el Fedjadj in Tunisia
- Titular diocese of Turris Tamalleni , titular diocese going back to this city
- Lascutana Turris , town in Hispania, southeast of today's Jerez de la Frontera in Spain
- Timezegeri Turris , place in Africa proconsularis, west of today's Gabès in Tunisia
Other titular dioceses:
Turris in biology:
- Turris (genus) , eponymous genus of the slug snailfamily(Turridae)
