There is a hall with comfortable seats on two levels (the stalls on the ground floor and the balcony on the first floor).
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Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assis
It was built between the years 1224-1226, demolished and rebuilt between 1608-1648. Inside it there are a marble ancon, probably by Domenico Gagini, and two sculptures reproducing the Maddalena and Saint Mark, both ascribed to Antonello Gagini.
Celebration in honour of Immacolata Concezione with a novena, pastoral melodies and procession.
A popular legend says that here lived the famous poet Ciullo d'Alcamo, a native writer of this city. On the façade, there is the main door and an arched window, realized with limestone travertinoide. Above the door you can see a decoration in high relief, with a compass and a delineator in its middle, between two big drakes ridden by two small angels with a trident in their hands.
Chiesa di San Tommaso
The date of its construction is uncertain, probably the first half of the 15th century. It is faced by a great portal with geometrical decorations.
Chiesa dei Santi Cosma e Damiano or Santa Chiara
Built in 1500 and rebuilt between 1721-1725.It has a baroque style and inside there are two sculptures by Serpotta.
Monastero di San Francesco di Paola or "Badia Nuova"
Not to be confused with the church of the same name, it was built in 1531, demolished in 1699 and rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century. There are a picture by Pietro Novelli and some allegorical representations by Giacomo Serpotta.