centro storico, di crinale, collinare, Laureana di Borrello, Lavriana (denominazione originaria), Lauriana (denominazione storica), Laureana (denominazione storica, cit. 1788, ante 1930)

The original core of Laureana di Borrello was probably inhabited from around the year 1000, a product of the thorough Byzantine Greek revival of southern Calabria that began in the seventh century under the influence of Basilian monks. The medieval urban layout of this hilltop borgo is still evident in its small streets, alleys, and open spaces. The historic centre is defined by the repeatedly rebuilt Mother Church, the seventeenth-century private church of Santa Maria della Sanità, the remnants of the Protospataro and Neri palaces (seventeenth to eighteenth century), and the district called "dei Massari," once home to those who worked the fields and managed the working animals.

The building materials were poor: even noble palaces were built with sun-dried mud bricks mixed with sand and straw, protected by lime plaster, alongside stone from local quarries. Fired bricks appear only rarely. The name evolved from Lavriana to Lauriana and finally Laureana, long before the government officially changed "Borello" to "Borrello" in 1930.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.