Curatolo-Ragusa House

Founded in 1576 as the Church of Saints Rocco and Sebastiano and later adapted for other uses, the building was converted into a cinema in 1940 and now serves as a small theatre and cultural venue.

This 19th-century municipio (town hall) bears a marble plaque commemorating the 875 men from Erice who joined Garibaldi’s 1860 campaign for Italian unification. Led by Cavaliere Giuseppe Coppola, they fought at Calatafimi. The plaque, installed in 1910, celebrates their role in Sicily’s liberation.

Housed in a former convent. Exhibits include Elymian and Roman artifacts, sacred art, and Italian modernism.

A Liberty-style house from the early 20th century, that was built as a holiday residence for the Kardaky family of Cairo. It remained in their possession until the 1940s.

Traditional pastry school run by renowned Erice-born pastry chef Maria Grammatico, known for preserving the town’s convent-based almond sweet traditions. The school offers short public classes and demonstrations focused on local specialities such as pasta reale di Erice and other historic Sicilian pastries.

This elegant 18th-century townhouse, once home to the noble Majorana family, is a refined example of barocchetto siciliano, a lighter, more graceful take on Sicilian Baroque.