The modernized town hall was originally built in 1448.
They were begun in 1758 and completed in 1807, but have been completely modernized.
In Sicily, which for centuries had enjoyed a feudal constitution modernized and Anglicized under British auspices in 1812, and where anti-Neapolitan feeling was strong, autonomy was suppressed, the constitution abolished in 1816, and the island, as a reward for its fidelity to the dynasty, converted into a Neapolitan province governed by Neapolitan bureaucrats.
There are portions of later date, but still ancient, in the main building, but it has been considerably modernized as a residence.
The church has been modernized.
