Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Alcamo)
| Church of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
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The façade
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Alcamo, province of Trapani, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 37°58′55″N 12°57′51″E / 37.98187°N 12.96419°ECoordinates: 37°58′55″N 12°57′51″E / 37.98187°N 12.96419°E |
| Affiliation | Dominican |
| Rite | Catholic |
| Municipality | Alcamo |
| Territory | Alcamo |
| State | Italy |
| Province | province of Trapani |
| Region | Sicily |
| Country | Italy |
| Patron | Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Architectural description | |
| Funded by | Dominican friars |
| Groundbreaking | 1660 |
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (also called the Church of the Rosary or Church of saint Dominic) is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.
It was founded in 1660 with the adjoining friary (used for public offices and houses after 1866) by the Dominican Fathers.
Until that year they had resided in another friary next to the Church of Our Lady of the Star (or the Retreat), where in 1587 there were eight friars and needed an urgent restoration work. They moved to the town area where today there is the Church of the Rosary, and carried the fresco with the Madonna which is still kept in this Church.
In 1761 the church was rebuilt and enlarged a lot, and finally in 1947 became a parish dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary
The interior with a rectangular nave and nine chapels, keeps the following works which are of good artistic value:
In the apse: a beautiful altar with Our Lady of the Rosary and three wooden statues of Our Lady with the Child, Saint Dominic and saint Rosa
Our Lady of the Rosary with Saint Dominic and Saint Rosa
Our Lady of the Rosary with the Mysteries
Our Lady of the Star
Our Lady of Providence
The wooden pulpit
Inside the sacristy there was an alabaster statue of the Virgin and Child, called Madonna della Provvidenza, dating back to the 15th century and assigned to Pietro de Bonitate (today kept in the Sacred Art Museum in the Mother Church), a painting representing the miracle of saint Vincenzo Ferreri made by Giuseppe Renda in 1793, and another representing saint Angela Merici, made in 1905 by Francesco Alesi.
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