Until 1950 the village was called Petescia, and under that name it first appears in a document of the year 890. Then, after the first free elections of the post-war years, the inhabitants decided to change it, and by presidential decree the comune took the name of the river that runs through it, the Turano. The old descriptions speak of a territory rich in chestnut woods and of land good for hemp: those chestnut woods were the real wealth of the place, and one of them still stands on the coat of arms, above the tower.
In 1632, with the pope's authorisation, the fief passed by exchange to the Borghese, who held it for about three centuries. And here something happened that says a good deal about how disputes went in those days: the case between the Borghese and the Barberini over where one territory ended and the other began lasted a hundred and twenty-seven years, from 1636 to 1763. Meanwhile, at the old kilns, roof tiles and terracotta bricks were made, and with those the palaces of neighbouring villages have been restored.
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