The Castle of Tricase is a stately building. It was built in 1661 by the Gallones. In Tricase there were walls and towers but there was not a real defensive building. Two towers of the 14^th century were included in the new building.  The castle has been restored several times. The portal was decorated in baroque style in contrast with the simple style of the castle. The castle is now the Town Hall. The Mother Church was built with the help of the population in the 18^th century on the rests of a pre-existing structure of the 16^th century. It has a Latin Cross shape and inside there are beautiful altars, paintings on sacred subjects and a pulpit of 1795 by Raffaele Monteanni from Lequile. In this church there is the Crypt of Our Lady of Pompei with the grave of the Cardinal Panico. Another important church is the Church of St Domenico. It was built in the 17^th century in Baroque style. Its façade is decorated with sculptures and stuccos on the stately portal there is a small statue of San Domenico from Guzman. The wooden door was made by Oronzo Pirti and dates to the 17^th century. It is an aisleless church with ten altars decorated in a charming baroque style, beautiful paintings (by Toma and by Catalano) and the fresco of St Liborio. The high altar is richly decorated with rare marbles and our local stone. The Church of the Devils is outside the urban area and dates to the 17^th century. It has an octagonal shape. The Church of St Michael Archangel dates to the 17^th century, has a Renaissance style and was built according to the will of Cesare Gallone. In Tricase the tourist can visit also several chapels: the Chapel of Our Lady of the Carmine dates to 1934, is very simple and has only one altar. The Chapel of the Virgin was built in 1850 and has some interesting frescos inside. The Chapel Oasis and the Chapel of Our Lady of Intercession were built in 1961 and in 1978. The Chapel of Our Lady of Help is small and was restored in 1984. A painting of the Virgin with the Child can be admired on its altar. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Pity and the Chapel of St Anna are both aisleless churches with a single altar. The Chapel of St Rocco dates to 1965. On the sea-cost (Tricase Porto) there are: the Chapel of the SS Medici (1967), the Chapel of St Elia (17^th century), and the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes (1873). The Byzantine Crypt of Our Lady of Gonfalone was dug in the rocks in the 9^th century probably by the Basilian Monks during the religious persecutions. Inside there were some frescos but they were never restored and are in a state of neglect. In Tricase there were three dovecots where people used to grow doves because the meat of those birds was considered as rare and tasty especially by the clergy and the wealthy classes. Those are the names of the dovecots of Tricase: the Torre del Mito (7,70 m high) dates to the 17^th century, the Torre Palummaru was destroyed in 1992, the Torre Melacca is the oldest because it dates to 1555 and is 6.65 m high. Tricase is an important village to visit also for the huge and stately ‘Quercia Vallonea’ a majestic oak-tree from the 12^th century. The patron saint of Tricase is St Vito Martyr and the population celebrates him on August 7^th, 8^th and 9^th.

In the past the nickname of Tricase was "pelacane" from the Greek term "pelacao", that means "skin tanners". Between the 15^th and the 17^th century the people of Tricase became very good tanners thank to a substance they extracted from their oak-tree. They used to sell their skins in the harbour and when the harbour was closed by the Viceroy d’Ognatte (1649) in order to prevent smuggling, this was a disaster for the economy of the village. The people of Tricase became good farmers and specialized in the growing of pumpkins and the second nickname of those people is ‘cucuzzari’ which means ‘pumpkin grower’