In teh page where I talk about Turiano's in Italy I evidenced the reasons of the clear sicilan origins of the family; trying to shoot the target, what can be the right location of the place where everithing began?
One more time, Internet has been a precious source of informations: typing the word "Turiano" in the research engines' form I found that in the province of Messina, on the Nebrodi's mountains, 1300 fts. altitude, 85 mls. SW to Messina, there is the town of Alcara Li Fusi, a rural village of 3000 people which country extends for about 24 sq.mls., mostly exploited by oranges and lemons' cultivation. It's said that Alcara's origins are in 12th century B.C.; in this age, the first core of the village rose up. Plinio and Dionigi from Alicarnasso tell us that, after Troia was burnt by Ulysses, Enea and his followers escaped and got to Italy. One of them, whose name was Patrone, born in the town of Turio, thereby called Turiano, after landed on the beach between Acquedolci and S. Agata Militello (NE Sicily), took the track to the inner land with his companions, where he found a place rich of water sources, where mountains were a natural shield against the winds. (You have to know that NE Sicily is particularly beaten by winds in fact, the Eolie isles take their name by Eolo the God of Winds). Patrone built a castle there, called Turiano by the name of his maker, where he settled originating the core of the "borgo Turiano" (village Turiano) that is Alcara, today. Surfing on Entasis, Siciliainvetrina and Comuni.it you find tourist informations about how to get there, what to see, what to eat and so on. The most attractive place in Alcara Li Fusi is just right the Turiano's Castle.
Notice that the central location of Alcara in NW Sicily explains a likely massive emigration, maybe an exodus, towards the next province of Catania (South) and the Ionio sea-side of Messina's province (East and North-East).
The proper reason that took Turianos from Sicily to Reggio Calabria is a mistery at the moment. Those frequent e terribles earth and sea quakes that upsat both sides of the Strait in past centuries had almost always been more destructive in Sicily. In facts, people of Reggio are strongly devoted to Maria the mother of Jesus, because several times in the past Reggio saved in a sort of miracle, while Messina was razed by the earthquake.
That may be Reggio was like a promised land for Turiano (and others from Sicily) ancestors; a land where they could re-start living after the last catastrophe.
One thing is known: if Alcara is "our" real Borgo Turiano, those "giardinari" of Reggio were worthy descendants of the Alcara's "giardinari" since they were devoted to citrus coultivations and, especially, to bergamot which is a citrus growing in Reggio's province only. It doesn't grow in Sicily so that could be possible they moved to Reggio for economic reasons; in fact, the essence of bergamot (from its skin) was worth like gold between 18th and first half of 20th centuries.
Paradoxically, in this moment I feel to know more about centuries ago than I know about these days about the 21th century's Turianos, thereby I want to finish this with an invitation: let me know about you, what you do for living, where you live, and so on. Today, a few of us cultivate citrus but I would like to make my grand-grand-grand-grand-children know what Turiano do in the beginning of the 3rd millenium!