[1] The neighborhood develops along the Christopher Columbus Seafront (in Italian, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo), which starts from the south-east border of Mondello Bay and reaches the city center of Palermo bypassing Mount Pellegrino.

The area has a strong historical and naturalistic interest due to the presence of the Addaura Cave, one of the largest archaeological heritages in Sicily and a place of exceptional importance for the study of prehistoric art.

[5] Based on the work Evagrii Historia Ecclesiastica by Henricus Valesius, published in 1673, the Italian historian Rosario La Duca suggested that the name Daura may be an alteration of the Ancient Greek word laura, which refers to a community of religious people who led a solitary life in groups of cells formed by small huts or caves, separated from each other.

From historical evidence, it appears that around the 13th century the area was a fief of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo and that the caves of Mount Pellegrino were used as a place of spiritual retreat by the hermit monks.

The Senate of Palermo responded to the threat by building a network of watchtowers along the coast, which allowed to intercept enemy vessels in time and prepare the defense of the various seaside villages.

Thus, just two years after the discovery of the Grotta del Genovese on the island of Levanzo, Sicily returned to the center of the international debate on rock art for the reporting, in December 1954, of a new natural cavity with evidence of wall representations to Addaura.

In addition to the parish, the Roosevelt Institute hosts the Superintendence for the Cultural and Environmental Heritage of the Sea: however, most of the buildings located within its perimeter are not exploited and since 2017 some associations have been negotiating with the Sicilian Region and the Municipality of Palermo for the redevelopment of the site, through the creation of an urban park overlooking the gulf where various realities dedicated to scientific research and tourism would settle.

In the massive steep of Mount Pellegrino, which overlooks the entire neighborhood, there are several cavities originating from marine erosion and which constitute a heritage of extreme naturalistic and historical importance.