Schirò, Samuele. "Via Addaura"[Addaura Street]. Palermo Viva (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25. [The Greek word “laura” used to indicate the colonies of hermit monks who, during the monastic period, took refuge on Mount Pellegrino, also occupying the caves located just above Addaura.]
Schirò, Saverio (2016-08-29). "Il litorale di Palermo: dal Foro Italico a Sferracavallo"[The Palermo Coast: from Foro Italico to Sferracavallo]. Palermo Viva (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25. [The name Addaura is quite ambiguous because it recalls the Palermo name for laurel (addauru) but since it seems that there are no particular vegetations of this shrub, La Duca hypothesizes that the name comes from the period of Christian monasticism, when the colonies of monks who perhaps inhabited these areas rich in caves were called "laura". From here perhaps Daura and then Addaura.]
"Laura". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-01-25. [The Greek term λαύρα originally meant a narrow passage or path, and later a certain quarter of a small town, usually enclosed by a palisade. From here the term came to designate colonies of monks, who led a semi-eremitic life in desert places and who, to defend their colony from sudden raids by Bedouins or wild animals, protected it with a palisade or other enclosure.]
Purpura, Giovanni. "Addaura"(PDF) (in Italian). pp.174–179. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 December 2021. [The oldest document in which the location appears to be indicated is a declaratio by Charles of Anjou dated 20 August 1270, in which the entrustment of the Casale di Gallo to the Church of Palermo was sanctioned, excluding the "tenimento" called Daura, reserved as a hunting area for the Royal Curia.]
Purpura, Giovanni. "Addaura"(PDF) (in Italian). pp.174–179. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 December 2021. [The oldest document in which the location appears to be indicated is a declaratio by Charles of Anjou dated 20 August 1270, in which the entrustment of the Casale di Gallo to the Church of Palermo was sanctioned, excluding the "tenimento" called Daura, reserved as a hunting area for the Royal Curia.]
