The ducal Palace of Taurisano has taken the place of the old Angevin fortress dating to the 13th century. It was built according to the will of the De Taurisanos. Between 1733 and 1948 the old building was demolished and rebuilt several times. The building includes also the chapel of Our Lady of the Consolation with its 18th century painting representing St Alessandro. In the historic centre there are several ‘case a corte’ and other palaces of wealthy families: Casto Palace (18th century), Ponzi Palace (19th century) Colona Palace (18th century), Potenza Palace (beginning of the century) Romasi Palace (16th century), Lopez y Royo Palace (19th century) and many others. The most important church is certainly the Parish Church dedicated to the Transfiguration. It was built between 1796 and 1820 according to the will of the Duke Antonio Lopez y Royo on a pre-existing structure dating to the 16th century. The façade has a Neoclassical and Late Baroque Style. On the portal there is the sculpture of a bull as on the civic coat of arms. The church has a Latin Cross plan, inside there are nine altars and beautiful paintings such as that representing the Virgin of the Rosary and that of St Oronzo, a wooden statue of the Virgin dating to 17th century, a wooden choir of 1830. The church of St Mary of the Road was built in the 13th century. Its façade is richly decorated and the portal has two columns with the statues of two animals , a bull and a lion. The bell tower dates to the 18th century with a Byzantine sundial of the 14th century. Inside there are several altars , valuable 16th century frescos and a beautiful 17th century organ. The church of St Stephen was built on the rests of an old medieval building and was restored several times. The bell tower dates to 1891 and on the portal there is a beautiful fresco of the saint. The chapel of the St Holy Crucifix is more recent and was built in 1904 according to the will of Ippazio Schiavano. The oak of Holy Crucifix is situated near the Chapel and it is as large as to shade it. In the territory of Taurisano there are also several farms and underground oil mills. The oil mill of Ortensano is probably the oldest one and it dates to the 14th century. Other oil mills are that of the Ponzis, that of the Lopezes y Royo, that of the Colonas and that of the Barons Romasi. The Masseria De Pasquale is one of the several farms of Taurisano, it dates to the 15th century. The patron saints of the village are St Stephen celebrated on the 3rd August and the St Mary of the Road celebrated on 8th September.

The people of Taurisano are usually called ‘mangia culummi’ (fig eater) and "caucinari", lime producer. They are also called "critazzari" (people that shouts) or "curteddi"(knives). Those names come from the history of the village because in the past they used to produce and sell lime. They used to shout in order to have the attention of their customers and to walk in the countryside to sell the lime. Probably they used to stole and eat the figs from somebody else’s tree.In Taurisano there is a legend about the Specchia Silva, a megalithic complex. In the 18th century, a woman had a dream. She saw a huge treasure buried under the Silva. The morning after, as soon as she woke up, she went there and began to dig. Suddenly a large hole appeared open wide and she saw many gold coins, but when she moved to take them, the hole closed mysteriously. The woman was so terrified that she run home and had a fever for a whole month.