Originally, the Carmine neighborhood (Karmel has Hebrew origins and means 'Garden') was originally an immense garden. In 1509, it appears as the only neighborhood with a geometric shape, configured along axes.
It represents the extreme part of the town, and indeed the five streets extend and project onto the panorama of the Conca d'Oro. Known as the 'Garden of the Court,' it housed the Archbishop's residences and included the districts of Arancio, Odigitria, Orto Mangano, Varanni, Barattieri, Ucciditore, Carceri, Sant'Orsola, and Gebbione. The appellation 'Garden of the Court' disappears when the temporal authority of the Archbishop ceases, and the neighborhood is called Carmine, like the square of the same name.
It's a neighborhood rich in watercourses and public fountains, consisting of modest homes, inhabited by small landowners, agricultural laborers, and small livestock farmers. At the end, in the current Via Duca degli Abbruzzi, known as 'la calata dei jenchi' (the descent of the young cattle), there was the Slaughterhouse; the main commercial activity was that of shoemakers or leather tanners.
