The historical centre of Uggiano la Chiesa is wonderful with its splendid case a corte and its fantastic noble residences as Siciliano Palace and Viceconte Palace, that are both richly decorated. The Angel Tower is very interesting to see too. The most important religious monument is the Mother Church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. It is a stately XVIII century  baroque church that is similar to a mosque at the back.  According to a popular anecdote,  a doctor saved the life of  Frederic II's daughter and when the king asked him what he wanted in change, he asked him to make a church build. The façade has three beautiful portals, a big window and some statues of saints. The church is Latin cross and inside you can see some very interesting elegant baroque altars and some canvasses representing the episodes of St Mary Magdalene's life made by Oronzo Tiso. The Chapel of St Cosma and St Damiano is small and it has a beautiful bell tower. The Chapels of St Lucy and St Anthony are very  simple too.  Outside  the urban centre you can visit the rocky chapel of St  Vincent. The  façade is decorated with a beautiful window and inside you can see a beautiful statue of the saint. Another interesting monument to see is the Byzantine Crypt of St. Solomo, dating  to the VIII century  and inside there is an ancient fresco of the Holy Virgin Mary. The Patroness is St Mary Magdalene who is celebrated on the 22nd of July.

The nickname of the inhabitants of Uggiano la Chiesa is "babbarabbà" meaning naïve and simple people that believe in anything the others said to them. They are called "babbarabbà" for a popular story that tells that in the past a foreigner arrived to the small town and he promised all the population of Uggiano la Chiesa to make a show that would have amazed them. He was offered a place where to sleep and something to eat but when he was supposed to start the show, he called them "babbarabbà" and he run away.