Taurisano

Main sights

• Church of Santa Maria di Strada, in Apulian-Romanesque style. The façade has a portal sided by two plinths, which support two crouching animals ; 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.
• Church of San Nicola della Consolata, 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
• Megalith of Specchia Silva and Sanjetti Menhir