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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.
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Polo Museale A. Cordici
Housed in a former convent. Exhibits include Elymian and Roman artifacts, sacred art, and Italian modernism.
Casa Curatolo-Ragusa
Overlooking Erice’s main square, this elegant 18th-century residence features a crest with a crane, stars, and mountain, and encloses a small courtyard.
Maria Grammatico pastry school
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.
Erice Town Hall
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.
Casa Kardaky
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.
Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore
14th-century church founded by count Enrico Chiaramonte; decorated with stuccoes by Pietro dell'Orto in 1794.