Church Of Saint Olivia
Sant'Oliva ("Saint Olivia") is a Catholic religion, catholic Church (building), church located in Alcamo, province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. History The foundation of the Church of Olivia of Palermo, Saint Olivia dates back to 1533. Initially, the church had a nave and two aisles, in Spanish Gothic architecture, gothic-Catalan style. In 1687 the ''Night Congregation of the Seven Pains'', formed by artists, was founded in this church. In 1724, the church was rebuilt in the present form, with a longitudinal plan that had one nave, after the design of Giovanni Biagio Amico, an architect from Trapani. After its construction, the church gave the name to the square on which it faces (on the side of the main entrance), called ''piano Sant'Oliva''. In the 17th century, the square was enlarged with the building of the Church of Our Lady of Stellario (finished in 1625) and the Chiesa del Gesù, Alcamo, Church of Jesus in 1684. Probably during this period, the square was ren ...
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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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