Taurisano
Comune in Apulia, Italy
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Coat of arms
Location of Taurisano
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39°57′N 18°10′E / 39.950°N 18.167°E / 39.950; 18.167
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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.
The town of Taurisano is the place of birth of the philosopher Giulio Cesare Vanini.
Main sights
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- 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
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- Acquarica del Capo
- Alessano
- Alezio
- Alliste
- Andrano
- Aradeo
- Arnesano
- Bagnolo del Salento
- Botrugno
- Calimera
- Campi Salentina
- Cannole
- Caprarica di Lecce
- Carmiano
- Carpignano Salentino
- Casarano
- Castri di Lecce
- Castrignano de' Greci
- Castrignano del Capo
- Castro
- Cavallino
- Collepasso
- Copertino
- Corigliano d'Otranto
- Corsano
- Cursi
- Cutrofiano
- Diso
- Gagliano del Capo
- Galatina
- Galatone
- Gallipoli
- Giuggianello
- Giurdignano
- Guagnano
- Lecce
- Lequile
- Leverano
- Lizzanello
- Maglie
- Martano
- Martignano
- Matino
- Melendugno
- Melissano
- Melpignano
- Miggiano
- Minervino di Lecce
- Monteroni di Lecce
- Montesano Salentino
- Morciano di Leuca
- Muro Leccese
- Nardò
- Neviano
- Nociglia
- Novoli
- Ortelle
- Otranto
- Palmariggi
- Parabita
- Patù
- Poggiardo
- Porto Cesareo
- Presicce
- Racale
- Ruffano
- Salice Salentino
- Salve
- San Cassiano
- San Cesario di Lecce
- San Donato di Lecce
- San Pietro in Lama
- Sanarica
- Sannicola
- Santa Cesarea Terme
- Scorrano
- Seclì
- Sogliano Cavour
- Soleto
- Specchia
- Spongano
- Squinzano
- Sternatia
- Supersano
- Surano
- Surbo
- Taurisano
- Taviano
- Tiggiano
- Trepuzzi
- Tricase
- Tuglie
- Ugento
- Uggiano la Chiesa
- Veglie
- Vernole
- Zollino
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