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Taurisano 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. , the population was 12,675. 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== *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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taurisano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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