This is certainly confirmed by the fact that in this period two very important public buildings were built, the prison and the hospital, which involved the presence in the village of both a garrison of twenty soldiers and religious orders and knightly orders.

On 1 October 2009 it sadly jumped to the headlines for the flood and the landslide, which cost 37 victims, 21 of which in the village of Giampilieri alone, together with the other neighboring territories of Giampilieri Marina, Molino, Altolia, Briga Marina, Briga Superiore and the town of Scaletta Zanclea.

[3] Since 2010, a suburban train service has been carried out along the Messina-Catania-Syracuse railway with routes serving the stations of Fiumara Gazzi, Contesse, Tremestieri, Mili Marina, Galati, Ponte Santo Stefano, Ponte Schiavo, San Paolo and Giampilieri.

[4] The village church is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Bari, whose cult is widespread in the area (it is also present in Pezzolo, Zafferia, Briga Superiore and Bordonaro).

On the hill located on the southern side of the torrent, in front of the village, stands the ancient sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie.