At Ugento you can visit an imposing castle whose first lord was Giovanni Conte( 1272): the building was spoiled in 1537 after Barbarossa's invasion and from 1643 it has been running by the Marquises D'Amore. Also the Episcopalian Palace was damaged in 1537 and it was made rebuild by Monsignor Giovanni De Rossi: the Episcopalian Seminario was founded by Mondignor Pietro Lazzaro Terer. In this small town you can also admire some palaces: Colosso Palace (built in 1600), Rovito Palace (town ownership, rebuilt on the rests of the ancient palace of the Orsini- del Balzos), Gigli Palace (ownership Zecca, built in 1700), De Marco Palace (Tasco ownership, built in 1700). In the ex Convent of the Francescani placed in the historical centre, you can visit the Civic Museum of Archaeology and Palaeontology that was inaugurated in 1968. Inside more than 800 finds have been catalogued: they date back to the I-II centuries B.C. and they have been found in the territory of Ugento. In 1961a splendid bronzy statue of Jupiter was discovered and it is preserved in the National Museum of Taranto. Here there are eighteen churches and a crypt (Crypt of the Crucified) dating back to the XII-XV centuries: this crypt is dug in the rock, it belongs to the Town Hall and inside there are some wonderful paintings. The Cathedral was built in 1700 in the same place where once there was the ancient cathedral in Gothic style, destroyed in 1537. The Church of St. Lorenzo was made rebuild in 1600 by Donna Vittoria Piscicelli; now it is not open to the public and the religious functions are no more celebrated. The Church of the Madonna della Luce was built in 1576 on the rests of another chapel ( destroyed in 1537) . The Chapel of the Lady of Pompei was built in the XIX century and it belongs to the Town Hall. The Church of St.Filomena is next to the Monastery of the Benedettine (built in 1500), for want of Donna Gabriella Cortese. After the Turkish invasion it was razed to the ground and reconstructed in 1700: now only the desecrated church has left. In 1400 Raimondo Orsini-del Balzo made the Monastery of St. Maria of the Pity build, centre of the Palace of the Culture. Near the ex monastery you can see the Church of St. Anthony, marked by the presence of ten altars and refined paintings. The Church of the Lady of the Casale dates back to 1300 and it is next to a convent inhabited by some Franciscan monks. The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, built on the rests of another chapel destroyed in 1772, has got two small towers and two bells. The Church of St. Giuseppe Lavatore was built in 1968. The Church of the Curato has got an unique vain and it is so called since it is attached to the house of the parish priest: it is small and situated on a very steep rock. In the Church devoted to St. Maria from Constantinople the walls are completely covered with highly artistic paintings. The Church of the Lady of Monticchio is dated 1300 and the portal, in Romanesque style, is in a good state. The Church of St. Cosma and St.Damiano was restructured and widened in 1886; the date of construction is not known but the present church was erected on the rests of an ancient small devoted to St. Lucy. The Church of St Potenza borders on the territory of Alliste and it is not in a good state. The Church of St. Giovanni Bosco has been built recently for want of Monsignor Giuseppe Ruotolo and it has only an altar obtained from the chapel of the ex monastery of the Benedectine Order. The patron of Ugento is St. Vincenzo that is celebrated on January 22nd, while from in September there are the celebrations of St Cosma and St Damiano.

The people of Ugento are very well known for being without faith: this reputation is closely connected to an episode that happened in 1739. Quite that year Monsignor Ciccarelli was sent to Ugento in order to calm down a rebellion and pacify people's soul. The arrival of the Bishop had the contrary effect and the situation got worse. Monsignor Ciccarelli gave the bell destined to the Cathedral of Ugento to his own native town (Altamura), thus exasperating more and more the population and causing serious incidents until the Bishop was forced to leave for Naples. As soon as he went beyond the walls of Ugento, he stopped to clean his shoes from the dust carefully, and he said "Ugento without faith and religion," thus expressing all his scorn towards the people of Ugento.