Church Of St. Thomas, Alcamo
San Tommaso Apostolo ("Saint Thomas the Apostle") is a former Catholic church located in Alcamo, in province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. History The church, dedicated to Saint Thomas the Apostle, was probably built by the Marcanzas' ancestors at about 1450. It is the only church which has remained integral among those built before the 16th century in Alcamo. In 1599 the company of the Holy Ghost was founded in this church. The roof, which had been damaged by rain, was reconstructed by the government and the town council in 1928. Since 1984 it has been the seat of Alcamo Rotary Club. Description and works The church has little sizes (10,50×5,30 metres). The interior has got a single nave and is divided by a pointed arch leaning on two wall columns; the ceiling is covered by two pointed cross vaults, with prominent shaped ribs and keystones, which are interrupted by Capital (architecture), capitals as high as the vault and continuing to the floor, where there is a c ...
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Alcamo
Alcamo (; scn, Àrcamu, italic=no) is the fourth-largest town and commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometres from Palermo and Trapani. Nowadays the town territory includes an area of 130,79 square kilometres and is the second municipality as for population density in the province of Trapani, after Erice. Alcamo is bounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the north, Balestrate and Partinico on the east, Camporeale on the south and Calatafimi-Segesta and Castellammare del Golfo on the west. Its most important hamlet is Alcamo Marina at about 6 kilometres from the town centre. Together with other municipalities it takes part in the ''Associazione Città del Vino'', the movement ''Patto dei Sindaci'', ''Progetto Città dei Bambini'', ''Rete dei Comuni Solidali'' and ''Patto Territoriale Golfo di Castellammare''. Geography Territory Alcamo is ...
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