The sloping roofs, made with stone slabs, are its most unique characteristic: some people have suggested a pre­sumed Northern influence to explain these shapes, but they are also so simply because the underlying stone vaults are also built for similar structural reasons. 

From Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, turning right by an ancient carved stone arch (probably the ruins of the old Napoli door), and through Via Papatodero you come to Largo Soccorso which takes its name from the homonymous church. 

The Chapel of our Lady of the Succour was erected in 1630 under the orders of the baron Gian Giacomo Borrassa of Locorotondo. In the interior of the chapel a large canvas of Our Lady of the Succour adorns the altar. There is also a smaller canvas of St. Vito. On the left, along Via Morelli, on the corner of Via Eroi di Dogali, there is the Old Town Hall, now Public Library. The construction of this building caused a detour of the ancient Via Maggiore, which divided into two parts the town between the two main doors. 

The thick turret which can be seen in the line with the façade was erected in 1819 to house the clock taken from the old Mother Church.

Via Eroi di Dogali and the Public Library