Caprioli is a Southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Pisciotta, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania.

[1] The toponym, literally meaning "roe deers" in Italian,[2] has a different origin linked to Palinurus, the mythological helmsman of Aeneas's ship in Virgil's Aeneid.Landed in the beach near the current Palinuro, and to get rid of a curse, the oracles suggested Palinurus to build an altar where sacrifice a goat.

[3] In the village, originated from the ancient monastery of St. Catherine (1033), were built some notable buildings, as a palace and a castle, during the 18th century to the beginnings of the 19th.

It is also linked to San Mauro la Bruca (8 km) and Futani with a provincial road.

The village is composed by the wards (contrade) of Valle di Marco (seat of the train station), Fornace, Santa Caterina (on the road to San Mauro), Villa Verde and Pedali.