Taurano is a village and comune in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy.

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Taurano
Comune
Comune di Taurano
Location of Taurano
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Coordinates: 40°53′N 14°38′E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Avellino (AV)
Area [1]
• Total	9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,538
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Demonym	Tauranesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	83020
Dialing code	081
Saint day	15 August

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The town lies in the Lauro Valley. It is bordered by Lauro, Monteforte Irpino, Moschiano, Pago del Vallo di Lauro and Visciano .

Bronze Age remains have been found in the area of Taurano, whose name derives from Latin, either the surname Taurus or the gentilic Taurius. It was a Samnite oppidum, destroyed by Romans under Sulla during the Social War.^{[citation needed]} It later became a summer resort, and two Roman villas have been found from this period, that (possibly of Vergil) in San Giovanni in Palco^[3] and one in Torre.^{[citation needed]}

In the Middle Ages it was part of the Feud of Lauro.^{[clarification needed]} Villagers throughout the valley sought refuge in the mountains during the barbarian invasions.^{[clarification needed - which invasions?]} Under the administrative reforms of Joachim Murat (King of Naples 1808–15), Taurano and the rest of the Lauro Valley became part of the province of Terra di Lavoro.^{[citation needed]}

In the 19th century Taurano offered shelter to brigands such as Fra Diavolo, and anti-Bourbon conspirators such as Father Angelo Peluso. ^{[citation needed]} After unification, Taurano become an autonomous Commune except for a brief interruption.^{[clarification needed - what interruption?]}