Taurisano

Taurisano

Taurisano

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Taurisano (Salentino: Taurisanu) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. It is located in the Salento area. Nearby towns are Acquarica del Capo, Casarano, Ruffano and Ugento.

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The town of Taurisano is the place of birth of the philosopher Giulio Cesare Vanini.

Main sights

Native house of Giulio Cesare Vanini
Church of Santo Stefano Protomartire
  • Church of Santa Maria di Strada, in Apulian-Romanesque style (mid-13th/early 14th centuries). The façade has a portal sided by two plinths, which support two crouching animals (a bull and a lion); the architrave has a bas-relief depicting the Annunciation. At the side, under the bell-gable, is a Byzantine sundial with the time written both in Latin and Greek characters.
  • Church of Santo Stefano Protomartire (15th century, but later rebuilt in 1796).
  • Church of San Nicola della Consolata (1733), annexed to the Ducal Palace. The latter was completed in 1770 above an Angevine 13th-century castle, and has a 16th-century tower with Guelph merlons.
  • Remains of the Byzantine Chapel of San Donato (7th-8th centuries)
  • Megalith of Specchia Silva and Sanjetti Menhir

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Population from ISTAT




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