In the historic centre of Alliste there are several ‘case a corte’ and some beautiful old palaces such as the Del Tufo Palace and the Venneri Palace, their facades are decorated and both date to the 18^th century. The De Donatis palace is older and dates to the 16^th century. The Mother Church is dedicate to St Quintino and was built in the 19^th century on the pre-existing church of 1435. In 1429 the population of Alliste was stricken with the plague and prayed for the help of the saint and the village was saved from death. This church has been restored several times: the façade has some decorations and three portals. Inside there are some beautiful baroque altars, interesting paintings, frescos with sacred subjects and a silver statue of the saint by an artist from Naples. The Church of the Blessed Virgin was built in the 18^th century. On the façade there is a beautiful portal , inside there are elegant altars and interesting paintings. The Church of St Joseph was built in the 17^th century on a pre-existing structure of the 15^th century. The façade is sober, inside there are some beautiful altars and paintings such as that of Our Lady of the Rosary which dates to the 1665 and was made by a local artist.The patron saint of Alliste is St Quintino and is solemnly celebrated on October 31^st.

The nickname of the people of Alliste is “argerini” that means, “Algerians”. They are said to be as violent and wicked as the Algerians when they came and sacked the villages. The legend says that, at the time when the village was founded, there was also a group of Algerians and the village was named after their chief, Alì.