Alcamo
Alcamo is a city in the province of Trapani in Sicily region of Italy with 45 095 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Location and data
The city is located 50 km east of Trapani and 66 km southwest of Palermo. The municipality covers an area of 130 km ². Alcamo is located on the SS113 from Palermo to Trapani and has a freeway connection to the A29 and a railway connection. The inhabitants live on agriculture, the wine industry and the reduction of travertine.
The neighboring municipalities are Balestrate ( PA), Calatafimi Segesta, Camporeale (PA ), Castellammare del Golfo, Monreale (PA) and Partinico (PA ).
History
In 1340 the Castle of Alcamo was built by the Ventimiglia family. From this time, the city developed. Previously, there was in place a station on the road Palermo - Siracusa, was Arab origin and was called Manzil Alqameh.
Structures
- Church of San Francesco d' Assisi: built in 1348, was then often converted
- Church of San Tommaso in the 15th century
- Church of Maria Santissima Assunta: the building originally dates from the 14th century, the cathedral but was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. The interior of the cathedral is in the shape of a cross and three ships. The ships are separated by 14 red marble columns. There are in the Church precious frescoes by Guglielmo Borremans ( created 1735-1737 ). Furthermore, worth seeing is a reredos of Antonello Gaginis.
- Church of S. Chiara is the Church of the Poor Clares. Inside, two statues by Giacomo Serpotta, Caritas ( charity ) and Fortitude ( courage ).
- Sant'Oliva church in Piazza d' Alcamo Ciullo, the center of the city. In the church there is a statue of St. Oliva and a painting "liberation of souls from purgatory "
- Castle of Alcamo from the 14th century with a diamond-shaped floor plan; was also a prison; Today it is a museum.
Growing near Alcamo
Alcamo is known for its locally grown wines.
Alcamo Bianco d' Alcamo or
The municipality is the Italian white wine Alcamo his name. The wine has the status of a DOC. 506 winegrowers work on the 3300 ha approved Reblandes in the environment of the community. The white wine is made from the grape varieties Catarratto (at least 80 %) and Trebbiano and / or Dama Chino and Grecanico Dorato pressed. The wine is aged for about 6 months at the winery and should be drunk as soon as possible.
- Colour: light straw yellow with greenish reflections
- Fragrance: fairly neutral
- Alcohol content: 11.5 to 12.5 °
- Total acidity: 4.5 to 6.5 per thousand
- Serving temperature: 10 - 12 ° C
Non- DOC wines
In addition to the Bianco d' Alcamo a plethora of other wines from Cabernet Sauvignon, Nero d' Avola, Chardonnay, Müller -Thurgau, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah are grown yet. Alcamo thus covers the entire range of white, red and rosé wines.
Personalities
The poet Ciullo d' Alcamo was born here. He wrote, among other things, 1231-1250 the poem Rosa fresca aulentissima, one of the first literary evidence in Italian. Even the football players Antonino Asta comes from Alcamo.