Gorarella first appears in a document dating back to 15 April 1353, when the municipality of Siena acquired some properties that were owned by Pisa in Grosseto.

One of the purchased lands was located, as stated in the document, "in loco dicto a la gora", on the road leading to the ancient port ("via qua itur ad portum") that the city owned on the eastern shores of Lake Prile.

The importation of equipment and machinery from France and England was expected to increase production and lighten the human workload, bringing benefits from a capitalist perspective; however, the investment turned out to be a failure.

The sudden change in cultivation methods, which had remained unchanged for centuries, was not well received by the local workers, who also boycotted and damaged the machines.

[2][3] In 1963, architect Luigi Piccinato was called to draft the new general urban plan for the city and personally oversee the design of a modern low-cost housing district, known as "167 Sud 'Gorarella'".