At Maglie there are several monuments very interesting from the historical point of view as the beautiful case a corte and the  imposing,  ancient noble residences as Zoriade Villa and Tamborino Villa, both dating back to the XVIII century. In the palace of the Town Hall you can visit the Paleontological Museum, where there are some fossils of Pleistocene fauna.  The museum was inaugurated in 1965 by Aldo Moro. Here there is a wonderful Castle too, built in the XVIII century on the rests of an ancient XV century fortress. The façade has a well-decorated, sumptuous portal surmounted by a sculpture representing the coat of arms of the last vassals, the Capeces. Now this castle is a high school, dedicated to Francesca Capece. The most imposing and important religious monument is  the Dome, also known as Church of St. Nicholas. It was built in the XVII century and  it was planned by the architect of Alessano Felice De Palma. The main façade is stately and well decorated and it has  three front doors and three big windows. The enormous bell tower is 52 meters tall and  it is rich of ornaments. This church is  Latin cross, with nave and two aisles, it has eleven baroque altars, a XVIII wooden choir and a beautiful, decorated pipe-organ  made by Carlo Sanarica. One of the altars was graven by Gaetano Carrone of Corigliano at the beginning of the XVIII century  while the high altar was made by Emanuele Orfano of Alessano. Inside you can admire some valuable canvasses as that representing  the Last Supper by Francesco Palumbo of  Naples, and that of the Martyrdom of St Oronzo by Saverio Lillo of Ruffano. The most important paintings are those of the Neapolitan artist, Pietro Bardellino, that painted the glory of St. Nicholas  and the Holy Virgin Mary with St Augustine (that was commissioned by the baron Giuseppe Capece in  1774). The Church of St Mary of the Staircase dates back to the XVIII century and  inside there are sumptuous decorations and splendid altars (one of them was graven by Ambrogio Martinelli of Copertino). Many canvasses decorate the church as that representing St Anthony  from Padua, made by Antonio Montefusco. Also the Church of the Our Lady of Sorrows is an imposing monument that was planned by the architect Mauro Manieri, and built between  1722 and  1726. In th upper part of the main façade there is a big richly decorated window  while in the lower part you can see a beautiful portal. The interiors as well are rich of ornaments as the canvasses representing the Vision of the Our Lady of Sorrows, the Vision of St Anthony, St. Philip and the statue of the Holy Virgin Mary held in a very interesting wooden cabinet. The Church of St Mary  of the Graces was built  in the XVII century. The façade is complex and it has  a beautiful  front door over which there are the sculptures of the Holy Virgin Mary with the Child and of two angels. In this aisless church the high altar was decorated by Donato Chiarello of Copertino  in 1645 and you can also see a big painting of the Holy Virgin Mary with the Child and other saints, some splendid XVIII century frescos representing the expulsion from the Eden and the musician angels.  There is a very interesting  column (on which there is a  sculpture of the Holy Virgin Mary with the Child) probably dating to the XVII century. At the feet of the column there are four beautiful statues of saints and other ornaments that enrich the monument. Outside  the inhabited centre you can visit some  ancient strengthened farms as  Santu Loi Farm that was built in the XVIII century and it is still in good condition. The patron of Maglie is St Nicholas, that is celebrated on May 9th.

The nickname of the inhabitants of Maglie is "passari" meaning sparrows and it is closely connected to an improbable popular anecdote. Some  old people tell that in the past a lot of sparrows used to eat the harvest in the country thus causing the peasants' desperation. The population of Maglie decided to build some bramble enclosure walls around the plants but the birds went on invading the fields. So the poor people of Maglie could not find any solution to this problem.