Sant'Anna, Alcamo

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Sant'Anna
Saint Anne
Facciata della Chiesa di Sant'Anna ad Alcamo.jpg
The façade of the church of Saint Anne
Religion
Affiliation Catholic
Province Trapani
Region Sicily
Patron Saint Anne
Location
Location Alcamo, Trapani, Italy
State Italy
Territory Alcamo
Geographic coordinates 37°59′04″N12°57′42″E / 37.98445°N 12.96175°E / 37.98445; 12.96175 Coordinates: 37°59′04″N12°57′42″E / 37.98445°N 12.96175°E / 37.98445; 12.96175
Architecture
Groundbreaking1630-1634
The interior of the church. Chiesa di Sant'Anna (Alcamo) 01.jpg
The interior of the church.
The baptistry. Chiesa di Sant'Anna (Alcamo) 02.jpg
The baptistry.
The painting of the Madonna of Confusion. Chiesa di Sant'Anna (Alcamo) 04.jpg
The painting of the Madonna of Confusion.

Sant'Anna ("Saint Anne", also called Sant'Anna Cappuccini) is a Catholic church in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy.

Contents

It is annexed to the former monastery of the Capuchine friars [1] and it belongs to the Fondo Edifici di Culto  [ it ] (FEC). [2]

History

The Church was built between 1630 and 1634, and the ex friary between 1633 and 1636. Both of them were constructed because of the necessity of the Capuchine friars (who lived in a monastery annexed to a Church inside the cemetery of Cappuccini until 1566 [1] [3] needed to get near the town. [1] In 1866 the Capuchine friary was abolished. [1]

The parish of Sant'Anna, [1] called by people from Alcamo "Li Scappuccini" [4] was created in 1947.

Description and works

The Church is with a single nave, [1] has a baptistry and seven chapels, [1] embellished by frescoes made by Leonardo Mirabile and Giovanni Dato, [3] while the frescoes on the nave and the vault were realized by Eugenio Ligotti and Salvatore Gagliano [3] from Palermo.

This is the list of the works:

In the left chapels, starting from those nearer to the altar:

In the right chapels, following the same order, you can see:

The representations of the 14 stations of the Cross, which are on the walls of the church. [3] were also made by Felice da Sambuca, a friar. [3]

In the sacristy there is a little alabaster statue of Our Lady of Trapani and a painting of the Finding of Our Lady of Miracles made by fra Felice da Sambuca), which once were probably kept in the chapel of the Madonna of Purity, together with the paintings of Ecce homo (later placed on the right side of the church's entrance) and that of Saint Anne. [3]

Inside the ex friary there are also some paintings on canvas, kept in one of the church chapels until 1884, representing Judas’ betrayal, Jesus' capture and the Virgin Mary with the sleeping Infant Child. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Trapani+, Chiesa di Sant'Anna". Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  2. Il patrimonio del Fondo edifici di culto
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cataldo, Carlo (1982). Guida storico-artistica dei beni culturali di Alcamo-Calatafimi-Castellammare del Golfo. Alcamo: Sarograf.
  4. 1 2 http://www.trapaninostra.it/libri/carlo_cataldo/Splendori_della_memoria/Splendori_della_memoria-04.pdf Carlo Cataldo, "Splendori della memoria", p. 49

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