Monopoli (Monòpolis in Greek)'s a town in Italy, in the province of Bari, region of Apulia. The town's roughly in area and lies about 40 km southeast from Bari. It's about 50,000 inhabitants. History The area was first settled as a Greek establishment as the city of Gnatia, Monopoli being a smaller outer village known as Dyria, of Peucetian origins. After the destruction of Gnatia by the Ostrogoth king Totila in 545, its inhabitants fled to Monopoli, from which it derives its name as "onl… (More on Monopoli)