Alcamo

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.

Designed by the architect Giovan Battista Palazzotto in 1872, the building is in a neoclassical style, with triangular windows. On the main door, there is the family coat of arms represented with a sheperd's crook, three stars and a tower.

In baroque style, it was built about the year 1700. Above the balcony, there is the family coat of arms: an injured heart surmounted by a crown.

It was built about the year 1629. Its portals and brackets are made with carved stones.

Built in the 18th century, it has a portal, railings and balconies in a baroque style.

Built in about the year 1700; this palace has two floors and has been restored with the Livigni method.

It was built about the 17th century in a neoclassical style.

Built in the 18th century, it has been totally restored internally. On the ground floor, there are three entrances, today leading into three shops, and an arch at the beginning of via Pipitone Cangialosi. The portal has two decorated lenses. The openings in the balconies are surmounted by a stone fronton.

Built in 1843, its façade is in neoclassical style: on the ground floor, there are two windows with arches and the main door. On the first and second floor, there are three balconies with stone brackets and galleries. On both sides of the central balcony of the second floor, there are two tondos: on the right one there is an eagle, which represents the coat of arms of the town.

In a classical style, it was built in 1909 by the brothers Benedetto and Graziano Ferrara. The main façade is rusticated, with three round-arched openings. The main balcony is supported by brackets of limestone travertinoide, and has a wrought iron railing.

Built at the end of the 18th century in neoclassical style: some elements of the façade are similar to those of the Basilica and Palazzo Di Gregorio in via Dante.

Built in 1903, it is an elegant villa probably in Liberty style; it took the name of his owner’s wife, Stefano Chiarelli Peria. It is very similar to Villa Paino in Palermo, also belonging to the family Chiarelli Rossotti, and whose plan is assigned to the engineer Francesco Naselli of Ernesto Basile school.The mansion has been used as a dance hall and for wedding parties in the 1970s, then as a nursery school in the 1980s. Today, after the restoration made in 1980, it has become a refined household.

Inside Mariano Cassarà's garden (a sculptor), now his heirs' property, you can see the monument (with a fountain) realized in 1990 for the Town of Alcamo and that, after various vicissitudes, postponements and missing payments by all the civic administrations, has remained in the ownership of the artist.
The work faithfully represents the scene of the famous love Contrasto "Rosa Fresca Aulentissima" written in 1240 by Cielo d'Alcamo, considered the first Italian poet who used the vernacular. The central body includes the two bronze statues representing the poet and his beloved; they are surrounded by an artistic marble fountain (travertine, completed with the insignia of Alcamo in the back part of the monument).
In the garden you can also admire other works realized by Mariano Cassarà.

The museum hosts a lot of paintings, sculptures and jewels coming from churches, dating back to the period from the 13th and 19th centuries, for a total of 150 works that are exhibited in an area of about . These works had been sheltered there after the 1968 Belice earthquake by monsignore Vincenzo Regina, archpriest from 1944 to 1991.

There are 202 musical instruments: rebab, sarinda, gansira, swarpeti, bansuri, takita, marambao, vojnica, iakir and many others collected all over the world by the music teacher Fausto Cannone from Alcamo; there are instruments and sounds coming from different peoples: from Thailand to Tibet, from New Guinea to South America, from Polynesia to China, from Australia to Argentina, South Africa and various European countries.

The museum is divided into various sections: you can see the paintings of Turi Simeti, Vito Bongiorno, Gisella Giovenco, the plaster casts of Nicola Rubino and other works.

A protected area on Mount Bonifato with remarkable natural, historical, archeological and geological interest. Inside it there are the ruins of an ancient hamlet (among which are "Funtanazza" and "Porta Regina"), the remains of the Castle of the Ventimiglia and the Sanctuary of the Most Holy Mary from the Heights (Santuario della Madonna dell'Alto). You can also use a picnic area near the “Funtanazza”. They carry out several and different activities in the reserve such as Nordic walking, mountain biking, trekking, birdwatching, and creative and didactic research.

The park is managed by the Association "Laurus" of Alcamo. Thanks to its volunteers, this green lung with hundreds of plants of the Mediterranean flora, gives the chance to children and adults to relax in the middle of its green. Inside there are a children's playground and a small zoo farm.

In the Geosite, dating back to Pleistocene, they discovered the fossilized shell of a tortoise, Geochelone sp, the skeleton of a dwarf elephant, dating back to 260,000 years ago, and some specimens of the giant edible dormouse, red deer and wild boar, kept at the Civic Museum Torre di Ligny of Trapani .

The site is about 2,500 square metres wide; in 2000 they discovered three furnaces, built between the 1st century AD and the second half of the 5th century AD. They have a circular shape, with a diameter of about 3 m and with an unusual state of preservation. At the moment it cannot be visited.

Founded by a colony of Greeks escaped from Troy, and probably inhabited from the 7th century BC until the 12th century AD, it was discovered in the second half of the 16th century. They found lanterns and stamps of bricks dating back to the Roman age, some tomb caves, several ceramic and bronze fragments.

Realized during the 14th century and rebuilt in 1669; the portal and the bell tower are the only remains from the original church of the 14th century. It is located in the centre of the town, near piazza Ciullo. The interior contains frescoes by Guglielmo Borremans. In the apse and in the side chapels there are works by Antonello Gagini,

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.

It was built between 1684-1767.

It was built in 1533 and renovated in 1724. Inside there are a picture by Pietro Novelli on the main altar ("Sacrificio della Messa" dated 1639) and works by the Gagini.

Built between 1615 and 1689: it has got characteristic baroque features and holds a very ancient and valuable picture, the Madonna del Miele (made about the year 1300).

Built in the 15th century and enlarged in 1762. It holds the body of Beato Arcangelo Piacentini from Calatafimi.

The sanctuary, dedicated to the patroness of Alcamo, was built in 1547 by order of the governor and captain of justice Fernando Vega, and following the discovery of an icon of Madonna of Miracles in a small chapel which had been abandoned. Afterwards the sanctuary was modified several times, with a restoration in the first years of the 18th century.

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.

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.

Built in 1500 and rebuilt between 1721-1725.It has a baroque style and inside there are two sculptures by Serpotta.

Built in the 14th century, in 16th and 17th centuries it was rebuilt in the Catalan Gothic style, but collapsed in 1866. Today, only some chapels and columns remain.

The church was built in 1550, with one nave and has five altars. The façade, dated 1695, has a convex form, a typical characteristic of Rococo style. in 1750 it was embellished with stuccoes by Nicolò Curti. On the high altar there is the Crucifix, a wooden sculpture made by Francesco Marino from Trapani in the 19th century.

The church was built between 1630 and 1634, and the Capuchine friary between 1633 and 1636. In 1866 the friary was abolished. The church has a single nave, a baptistry and seven chapels, embellished by frescoes by Leonardo Mirabile and Giovanni Dato. The frescoes on the nave and the vault are by Eugenio Ligotti and Salvatore Gagliano from Palermo. There are several paintings by Fra Felice da Sambuca.

The church is with one nave and was built in 1659 in Baroque style, with the adjoining "Convent boarding school for sheltered women", built in 1684. It was enlarged and embellished in the 18th century by the architect Giovanni Biagio Amico, and restored again in the 19th century.

The present church was buikt between 1746 and 1757, in substitution of an older one: it was consecrated in 1757. In 1771 it was embellished with stuccoes; it has one nave, three altars and a small chapel.

Built in 1813, demolished and rebuilt in 1958. It has one nave: inside it there was a painting, dating back to 1854 and later missing, made by Raffaele Genovese from Palermo, representing the Holy Souls of Purgatory with Our Lady of Miracles above them, Saint Rocco and Saint Sebastian at the two sides.

The real construction of this church started in 1982, it was completed in 1991 and consecrated in 1993. It has a single nave with a semicircular apse; the vault has the shape of an overturned boat. There are some mosaics and colorful stained glass windows.

Built in 2006. It is the most recent church in Alcamo; there are three original works realized by the sculptor Massimiliano Apicella: Jesus Christ the Redeemer, the altar made with Carrara white marble and the red marble ambo.

Built in the 17th century, in the 18th century they added an arcade. Inside the oratory, there are some 18th-century frescoes by Domenico La Bruna. Today it is the seat of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Alcamo (MACA) and of the Civic Library.

The church has a single navy with three altars: the high altar (in white marble and adorned by red stucco columns) and two side altars, in polychromatic marble, realized and inaugurated in 1937. Until 1952 on the high altar there was a painting made by Giuseppe Renda, now in the sacristy, substituted by a wooden statue of the Holy Family, realized by the firm Luigi Santifaller.

Built in 1947, it has one nave with a barrel lowered vault; the church has an elegant façade, in the neo-Romanesque style, with a rose window in the middle and a portal below it.

Exhibitions, concerts, courses of music and singing; they also organize dinners and guided visits to the Palazzo de Ballis and its tower.

Guided tours by bike, on foot, trekking: Castle of Calatubo, Mount Bonifato, Alcamo Town Centre.

Classical music concerts, meetings and exhibitions.

Restaurant and riding school.

There is a hall with comfortable seats on two levels (the stalls on the ground floor and the balcony on the first floor).

There is a recording hall: teenagers have also rooms and equipments at their disposal, in order to exploit their own natural, artistic, musical and scientific inclinations.

There are about 81,000 books and important old documents on art, tradition, craftmanship and religiosity of people in Alcamo. Some books come from ex convents and friaries and from the section of the History of Alcamo's territory. Inside it there is also the Multimedia Library with a lot of newspapers, film and music collections. You can also use the Internet for free. You can consult its OPAC.

Swimming pool, acquatic park, gym club.

Possibility of visiting the theatre of puppets and seeing some of them, working tools and posters. The shows are given in some periods of the year and they give notice.

Multilevel indoor track for electric karts. The track is 564 m long, 7 m wide with straightway and large bends. Takeaway food. Outdoor seats.

Football ground, tennis court and athletics track.

Multiplex cinema, convention center, cultural center.

There is a hall with comfortable seats on two levels (the stalls on the ground floor and the balcony on the first floor).

Its sulphuric thermal waters are used to treat respiratory, rheumatic and skin diseases.

Classical dance, hip pop, break dance, Caribbean dance.

Celebration in honour of this Saint with novena and procession.

The pageant of Via Crucis, formed by 143 characters in historical costume, leaves at 16:00 from the Church of Saint Anne, then in Piazza della Repubblica there is the representation of the Last Supper, the process, the flagellation, etc. The pageant moves along Corso VI Aprile and Viale Italia, and stops at about 21:00 at Piazza Caduti di Nassiriya; here they represent the Crucifixion and Resurrection. This event is organized by the Pro Loco Città di Alcamo in collaboration with the Assessorato for Culture of the Comune.

Procession of the Dead Jesus and Our Lady of Sorrows.

On the first Sunday after Easter they organize different cultural and religious events in honour of the Divine Mercy.

Second Sunday after Easter (cultural and religious events).

In honour of the Holy Family (procession and lunch with the living Holy Family).

Celebration in honour of Saint Joseph the Worker with a novena and procession.

Celebration in honour of him (novena and procession)

Celebrations in honour of the patroness saint of Alcamo: cultural and religious events. During the feast there are a solemn procession of Madonna’s simulacrum, fireworks from the "bastione" in Piazza Bagolino, and the descent of civil and political authorities to the sanctuary of Madonna dei Miracoli. Until the early 21st century, there were horse races along Corso 6 Aprile; the last two times they took place in Viale Italia.

Novena, procession and cultural, recreative and religious activities.

14 and 15 August: celebrations and procession on the beach.

Celebrations on the top of Mount Bonifato (dialect poems recitation and procession).

Celebration in honour of Immacolata Concezione with a novena, pastoral melodies and procession.

Concerts, outdoor performances, preparation of traditional Christmas cribs and pipers' passing.

Sagre, "Calici di Stelle", "Blues Festival", "Festival of Nuove Impressioni"

Concerts, book presentations and photo exhibitions.

Short Film International Contest.

International football tournament for the young.

This event takes place on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday of Carnival. The carts parade in this large square, and there's also music, dancers, masks and street food.