San Pietro, Minor basilica in Riposto, Italy

San Pietro is the mother church of Riposto, a Neoclassical building with a Latin cross plan and three naves divided by pillars. Its 53-metre dome was built between 1856 and 1862, and the white Comiso stone facade (1867-1872) follows, on a reduced scale, Alessandro Galilei's 1732 facade for San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome. Five Comiso stone statues were placed on the frontispiece in 2010; the planned bell tower was never built.

Construction began in 1808 under the order of King Ferdinand III of Sicily and the building first welcomed worshippers at Christmas 1818. This project marked an important phase in the town's development during the early 1800s.

The name comes from the wooden pulpit shaped like a chalice, carved in 1892 by Rosario Scalia from Canadian poplar, with a marble shaft from the Marinelli workshop in Florence. Six angels on the parapet represent six of the seven sacraments, and the inscription "Pasce agnos meos" recalls Jesus's words to Peter by the Sea of Tiberias.

The church is accessible during the day, particularly when services are being held, and functions as a working place of worship. Visitors should dress respectfully and behave considerately since people come here to pray and conduct religious activities.

The five statues on the pediment, carved from white Comiso stone and placed on 9 April 2010, show Christ the Redeemer with Saints Peter, Paul, Andrew and John. The original 1808 plan also called for a bell tower, which was never built, so the church stands without one.