The Cabrera Tower is a tower built to protect the Pozzallo Charger from pirates (i.e. a complex of warehouses on the coast complete with piers and slips for loading goods onto sailing ships). The Tower stands, shining and magnificent, on the cliffs of the Pozzallo coast. It was built in the early fifteenth century at the behest of the Count of Modica, Bernat Cabrera, a member of one of the most illustrious Catalan families, the Viscounts Cabrera and Bas and Counts of Osona, who supported and financed the Spanish sovereigns in the reconquest of Sicily and in exchange had the county of Modica confiscated from the rebels of the Chiaramonte family. The square-plan building with a side measuring approximately 20 meters and a height of 28 meters from the street level, consists of three floors plus the terrace which currently lacks battlements. On the outside it preserves the sixteenth-century escarpment bastion, which juts out into the sea with the imposing terrace, equipped with troniere for maneuvering the artillery pieces required by the needs of Sicily's defensive system in the Mediterranean, a sea of ​​raids and conflicts. Following recent restorations, it has been demonstrated that it is not a defense tower but a "palacium" which combined the function of a noble residence with that of a control point for grain and goods which, coming from all parts of eastern Sicily, were loaded by the shipper. Soldiers and artillerymen served inside the tower, while the knights were in charge of guarding the coast. Cannons of different calibers were placed on the terraces. The tower was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1693. It was rebuilt by making some changes to the original project, thus giving it the status of "National Monument" to this day.

The “Giorgio La Pira” building is the current seat of the Municipality, in the Free Municipal Consortium of Ragusa. The palace was designed by Giovanni Raimondi on behalf of the mayor Corrado Tedeschi. The construction of the building began in 1923 and ended in 1926. In 1928 it was officially used as the seat of the Town Hall, at the request of the Marquis Corrado Tedeschi, owner of the property. In 1979 it was named after Giorgio La Pira, academic, constituent father, mayor of Florence and member of parliament several times. The building, one of the most splendid examples of "Art Nouveau" architecture, overlooks Piazza Municipio from the front, along Corso Vittorio Veneto, and the Villa Comunale from behind, overlooking the sea. Inside the palace there are frescoes by the Pozzallo painter Giuseppe Assenza. It retains the characteristic "U" shape of Raimondi's original project, with two lateral bodies. The artistic decorations of the "Giorgio La Pira" city palace and those of the council chamber are by the illustrious painter Martino Sansone. Inside the building, there are also many paintings by illustrious painters donated to the various mayors who followed one another. The clock that was placed on the terrace is also centenary and is still working today.

Beautiful rectangular square, overlooked by historic buildings such as Palazzo Giunta and Palazzo Pandolfi; Giunta-Musso Palace. It is the heart of the city and the stage for events of all kinds. In front of Palazzo Giunta, in an almost central position, there is the war memorial. One of the historic buildings that was present inside the square was Palazzo Arezzo. It hosted the Pozzallo middle school until the 1957-58 school year, which then moved to the new building near via Scicli, now via Torino. In the vicinity of Palazzo Musso, during the Second World War, there was the entrance to an anti-atomic shelter which led to what is now Via Garibaldi. The War Memorial. Built and erected in 1928 by Benedetto D'Amore, surrounded on the sides of the square by forty-six palm trees, as many as the heroes (sailors) who fell in the First World War. The Pozzallo monument is a soldier who, naked and proud, looks towards the sea in front of him. His hands go to the rudder which, in addition to symbolizing his being a sea soldier, has the task of hiding the tiller of the rudder which, in 1928, had to obey a certain dictate which recalled the values ​​of the past.

Built in 1845 to house the town hall, it was later purchased by Vincenzo Giunta and Mariannina Musso, who in 1926 entrusted the architect Vincenzo Arangio with the renovation of the building, which was completed in 1928. Together with the town hall, it is one of the most significant examples of Liberty architecture in the town. A listed property since 1978, the following year it was purchased by the municipality, which used it as the headquarters of the municipal video library and library, before the latter was moved to Villa Tedeschi. In February 2022, the renovation works began and, at the same time, it was used as the site of a social gathering centre. The building was built on a project by the engineer Vincenzo Arangio, di Rosolini, and by the master builder Clemente Gugliotta. It consists of a ground floor and a first floor and is characterized by the prevalence of classic architectural features and the insertion of Liberty-style decorative elements. The south-east and north-east elevations, the latter overlooking a small garden, are motivated by the deep loggia on the ground floor, supported by columns with composite capitals. Corresponding to the loggia, on the first floor there is a large terrace where elegant wrought iron railings were once clearly visible. On the south-east front, overlooking the square, the central opening is highlighted by the elegant arched frame, including a rose window executed in high relief. The municipal library was housed inside the Giunta Musso palace until 4 October 2009. From 5 October the library moved to Villa Tedeschi.

Villa Tedeschi, also called Villa dello Scaro, is a villa located in the urban center of Pozzallo, in the Scaro district. The villa takes its name from the last owners of the estate, the Tedeschi family, although it was long owned by various cadet branches of the Polara marquises family. Since 2009 it has been home to the municipal library. Coat of arms of the Polara family, owners of the villa from 1829 to 1979 through its cadet branches: the Polara Lorefice, the Polara Galazzo and the Tedeschi Polara. In 1897, with a deed of donation, the Tedeschi spouses transferred the former Scaro fiefdom to their younger son Corrado, subsequently mayor of the town during fascism, minus the part granted in emphyteusis; he lived there until 1955, when, due to his precarious health conditions and economic difficulties, he moved to a small house in the central Piazza Mercato and sold part of the land attached to the property. In 1979 the villa was sold by the heirs of Corrado Tedeschi to the Municipality of Pozzallo. The property remained in a state of abandonment for decades; in this long period it was plundered, deprived of all decoration and the structure collapsed in several places. After a few years of restoration, in 2009 it was used as the seat of the municipal library. The main floor, not yet restored, features numerous frescoes and precious fixtures. In 2019 the renovation works began, financed by the Sicilian Region and the Government.

The municipal building is surrounded on three sides by the Villa Comunale, in which there are numerous plant species, including palms, oleanders and figs. The municipal villa dates back to the same date as the construction of the palace, now the seat of the municipality. In the town hall square there is a map of the municipality of Pozzallo, in which the palace and the mother church are highlighted in a darker colour. Characteristic, inside the municipal villa, are the two centuries-old trees planted by the express wish of the Marquis Corrado Tedeschi and which, even today, are clearly visible to those passing through the open space. Among the peculiarities that catch the eye, there is also a small tank where, often, small goldfish are visible. On the occasion of the "Day of the Righteous" 2023-2024, the "Luigi Rogasi" institute of Pozzallo wanted to dedicate a commemorative plaque with the planting of a tree, in the "Garden of the Righteous", inside the municipal villa to Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist killed by a car bomb in Malta on 16 October 2017 for her professional activity in denouncing corruption and criminals in her country. The honorable Pietro Bartolo, doctor and former MEP from Lampedusa, also participated in the ceremony and greeted him.

Also marked in the early twentieth century by the emigration of many sailors to the Americas in search of better fortune, Giorgio La Pira was born on 9 January 1904, son of Gaetano and Angela Occhipinti, a seamstress in Via Giulia, 8. His birthplace is an earthen building, raised above the road axis with the traditional "terrace" in front from which it is accessed. It is located in the "Vicci" district, located in the heart of the historic urban center and protected by the nearby Mother Church of Madonna del Rosario, where he was baptized (on 7 February 1904) and where he went to pray during his stays in Pozzallo. The human and Christian story of Giorgio La Pira began in these places, and on 5 November 1977 he concluded his earthly pilgrimage in Florence. After finishing primary school, in 1914 he was sent by his parents to study in Messina, with his uncle Enrico Occhipinti. Three years later he enrolled at the accounting institute, obtaining his diploma in 1921. The following year he also passed the classical high school exam in Palermo, under the supervision of the Italian professor Federico Rampolla del Tindaro, who directed him to continue his studies in law. The Christian ideal of peace and justice sustains him in recent years, made difficult by a serious illness and painful isolation. Giorgio La Pira was initially buried in the Rifredi cemetery. Subsequently, his body was transferred to the Basilica of San Marco in Florence, where it still remains. The site is a destination for pilgrims, devotees of the Blessed Pozzallo, who stop in front of the house, most of the time, reciting prayers and remembering the figure of the former mayor of Florence.

The idea of ​​the distillery in Pozzallo was very good. Located near the station, the Catania brothers Francesco and Pietro Giuffrida took that plot of land, being able to count on a workforce of more than two hundred people from Pozzallo. Wealth and prosperity were synonymous for that factory that produced alcohol from carob extraction. On that site there were several offices, warehouses, garages and huge tanks. A concrete tower that still stands today despite the wear and tear of time. The company representative was Mr. Alfio Nicolosi. The factory stopped operations on 21 December 1949. "On the occasion of the Christmas holidays - said the two owner brothers - and in order to proceed with the fine-tuning of the systems, it is necessary to suspend production". "Two hundred and thirty workers - writes Paolo Monello in "La memoria e il futuro" (2006) - remained at home and only 62 were kept on duty. Twenty days later the Chamber of Labor asked the management of the plant when the opening was expected. The answer was not very convincing: "None of us can establish it with certainty - they replied from the Giuffrida offices - at least for as long as the crisis in the alcohol trade lasts". The factory never reopened, leaving many Pozzallo residents out of work. Abandoned for several decades, the building was purchased in the 1980s by the Spadaro brothers from Ispica, owners, to date, of the ancient and ancient building.

The structure was designed, in the fascist era, as a place where young table tennis players from the province of Ragusa could spend their holidays in a coastal town. It was the year 1937 when the news of the construction of the structure arrived from Rome. It was the Duce himself, Benito Mussolini, who arrived in Pozzallo on 14 August of that year to cut the ribbon on the structure, welcomed by a crowd of cheering young people and children, together with the political leaders of Pozzallo and many citizens. With the arrival of the Republic, the structure took on the name of "Maritime Colony" named after Luigi Sturzo and, for many decades, the site was open to host hundreds of children. Not only that, the structure also served, for a short period between the end of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s, as a reception hall for weddings and confirmations. The decline and subsequent closure came in the 1980s, until 1989 when the Sicily region financed the restoration in anticipation of other destinations. In reality, after the redevelopment of the structure, the former colony was abandoned to its fate, at the mercy of animals and birds that made it their home. Other projects, over the last few years, have been proposed without any outcome. A "Sea Museum" financed by the Sicily Region and a building to house disabled children financed by private individuals have never seen the light of day. The site is currently abandoned.

The sanctuary of Santa Maria di Portosalvo is a religious building in Pozzallo. The church of Santa Maria della Fiducia, located on the outskirts, on the road to Ispica, is also annexed to the parish. A small building was built, and then used as a church, in 1746, built on a rock spur adjacent to the sea by the first inhabitants who settled in Pozzallo. In 1822, however, the Campanian merchant Vincenzo Falanca, who very fortunately survived a shipwreck and managed to find shelter on the coast, near the church, decided to donate to the town a wooden statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, the work of the Neapolitan sculptor Francesco Verzella, which was placed in the main altar. Initially, dependent on the parish of San Pietro di Modica, it was elevated to a separate parish on 30 January 1886 by the bishop of Noto Giovanni Blandini and at the same time named after San Giuseppe, who became the first patron saint of Pozzallo. The structure was heavily damaged during the Second World War, only to be rebuilt in the following years. On 15 September 2022, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the donation of the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, the parish was elevated to the rank of sanctuary by the bishop of Noto, Antonio Staglianò. There are two facades: the original one, in classic style, and the one in modern style. The church is divided into three naves (two lateral and one central). In the side aisles there are numerous paintings by Valente Assenza. Other works of interest are the main altar, by Antonino Assenza, and the baptismal font, dated 1770, by Stefano Calabrese.

Universally called San Pietro, the mother church Madonna del Rosario is a religious building in the city of Pozzallo. The square on which the building stands is called Piazza San Pietro, since the first parish depended directly on the cathedral of the same name in Modica. The construction of the building began in 1876 by will of the Reverend Vincenzo Ferreri and continued during the regency of Don Alessandro Giannone, who subsidized the completion of the first order of the facade in 1891, and which he had consecrated to the Madonna del Rosario, to whom he was particularly devoted. The works ended in 1937, with the addition of the apse, two side chapels and the second order of the facade. On 15 September 1958, Our Lady of the Rosary was proclaimed Patron Saint of the city, and is celebrated annually every 7 October. The church, in the shape of a Latin cross, is divided into three naves. The side naves are separated from the central one by a series of square-shaped columns. Inside them there are numerous statues and paintings. In the apse there is the statue of the Madonna del Rosario, a late 19th century work in Lecce papier-mâché by Luigi Guacci, and two works on canvas by the Pozzallo artist Roberto Porcelli. The devotion towards Our Lady of the Rosary is still deeply felt by parishioners today. To date, there are two parish priests who take care of the ecclesial community, Don Salvo Bella and Don Paolo Catinello.

The Church of San Paolo Apostolo, built on land donated in 1967 by Mrs. Domenica Giardina, is located in the neighborhood of the same name. The author of the project is the engineer Concetto Russo. The original architectural configuration recalls the large tent of Jewish conferences in the desert. The undoubtedly creative interior furnishings are the work of the Sicilian friar Alfredo Farina. Farina embellished the liturgical space because he wanted, in this way, to announce the Gospel, to pray and praise God. The ecclesial community went from meeting in a garage, in the very early days, to the laying of the first stone desired by the bishop of Noto, Monsignor Angelo Calabretta. The inauguration and the consequent consecration were blessed by the bishop, Mons. Salvatore Nicolosi, with the liturgical furnishings taken care of by the parish priests of recent years: Fr. Marcellino Pane ofm, Don Pietro Agosta and Don Michele Iacono, in total synergy with the parish vicars and the many benefactors and faithful. For the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the parish, the current parish priest, Don Michele Iacono, has published a book that traces the history of the parish located in the neighborhood of the same name. Curious detail: the parish has a triple social profile, widely followed by the faithful: Facebook, Instagram and Tik Tok.

From the S.P. 46 Ispica – Pozzallo, we pass the entrance to the S.P. 66 arriving at the entrance to the city of Pozzallo where on our left (coming from the S.P. 46) there is the sign for the modern Church of Santa Maria Madre della Fiducia reaching a large open space onto which the modern ecclesiastical structure opens. The church was built in 2000, becoming the seat of the oratory of the Franciscan Sisters of Charity (recently the nuns were located in the "Santina Giunta" building, the former home of the Salesians). The structure of the sacred building with a modern appearance is located on a floor reachable by a staircase which leads to the main building, having a semicircular body made up of various small windows and an access portal. Worthy of note is the beautiful high altar in modern style. The current parish priest, Don Paolo Catinello, managed to inaugurate the "Mensa dell'Incontro" at the aforementioned church, a canteen for the less well-off inaugurated last December 9th, the day of the birth of Don Giovanni Botterelli (another historic priest of the Pozzallo community), in collaboration with the diocesan Caritas. The Church of Trust will soon also become a center for listening and distributing food for the less well-off.

The parish of San Giovanni was established on 31 May 1942. But we must go back to 1926, when Don Ciccino Gugliotta, the first parish priest of San Giovanni, established the "Vita e Pensiero" association, of which a very young Giorgio La Pira was a member, and a few years later the "San Tarcisio" club, building a first building. Subsequently, the church was enlarged around the 1960s, again with the parish priest Don Ciccino and the deputy parish priest Don Sebastiano Palumbo. During the expansion of the Church, religious functions and events took place at the Salatore di Pozzallo, where until recently the famous salted sardines were made. San Giovanni in Pozzallo was celebrated for the first time, with great participation of the people of Pozzallo on 24 June 1925, and just like today it lasted a week. The original statue of the saint, made of plaster, was created and donated by the photographers' grandfather Assenza, replaced in 1973 by another one (the current one), because over time the first one had been ruined. Starting in 1987, during the celebrations at the Saint, it was decided to take the simulacrum to sea, on board a ship. Every year, since June 1987, "the sea procession" has been repeated, strongly desired by Don Sebastiano Palumbo. The church is located in via San Giovanni and is newly built. It has a modern appearance with a three-portico facade. The Latin cross interior is illuminated by colored glass mosaic windows and wrought iron chandeliers. The central chapel features an impressive altarpiece by Valente Assenza depicting various episodes from the life of San Giovanni. The statue of St. John, the work of the sculptor Herber Comploj, is located to the right of the High Altar. With the decree of 19 June 1968, Saint John was reconfirmed by Paul VI as "Patron" of the city together with the Madonna of the Rosary.