One of the most authentic areas of Vieste, which has suffered less from the influence of mass tourism, is that of the nineteenth-century village. Unlike the medieval old town, with narrow irregular alleys, here the streets cross at right angles, following the system of the cardo and the decumanus typical of the Murattian districts of southern Italy.
The nineteenth-century village of Vieste developed starting from the end of the 700th century when, to deal with the housing crisis, it was decided to develop a real neighborhood outside the walls of the current historic center of Vieste. 
Originally composed mainly of fishermen's homes and warehouses, it extends behind Corso Fazzini up to the bay of Marina Piccola, at Punta Santa Croce in front of the Lighthouse and in the area of today's port, an area that was once entirely occupied by the bay of San Lorenzo.
