Port of Taureana, Maritime port in Palmi, Italy.

The Port of Taureana is a harbor facility in Palmi located along the Tyrrhenian coast with areas for boats and fishing vessels of varying sizes. The space features open water zones and paved areas where workers carry out daily activities and ships are loaded or unloaded.

A port serving Tauriana existed before the 10th century; in 903 it received the relics of Saint Elias of Enna from Thessaloniki, and in the 11th century Count Roger I of Calabria landed there from Normandy. From the 16th century Palmi's feluccas traded as far as Naples, and in the 18th century the port was among the most flourishing in the Mezzogiorno. The current tourist and fishing harbour was planned in 1947 at Tonnara and completed between 2002 and 2008.

The port's main activity is fishing, carried out by a fleet of about one hundred boats working in artisanal fishing. The harbour boxes are granted to local fishermen, and the name Taureana recalls Tauriana, the ancient city whose inhabitants founded Palmi in 951 and lived from maritime trade.

The harbour lies at the northern end of Palmi's bay, in the Taureana locality. The entrance and the 298 m breakwater have a depth of 5 m, while the darsena, slipway and remaining quays hold 3.5 m, shallowing to zero on the unquayed beach. Winds come from the fourth quadrant; check Ordinance no. 08/2009, article 6, for prohibitions.

The harbour's two breakwaters differ in length: the outer one runs 298 metres parallel to the coast, the inner one 235 metres, partly at right angles to the shore. Depths reach 5 metres at the entrance and along the outer mole, dropping to 3.5 metres in the slipway and dock area. A red flashing light marks the outer head, a green one the inner.