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.