Editing Alcamo (section)

====15th century====
* [[Church of Saint Thomas (Alcamo)|Church of Saint Thomas]] (''Chiesa di San Tommaso''): the date of its construction is uncertain, probably the first half of the 15th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.comune.alcamo.tp.it/in-citta/chiese/226-chiesa-di-san-tommaso.html |title=Comune di Alcamo – Chiesa di San Tommaso |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035722/http://www.comune.alcamo.tp.it/in-citta/chiese/226-chiesa-di-san-tommaso.html |archive-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=155 |title=trapaniplus – Chiesa di San Tommaso |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035810/http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=155 |archive-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is faced by a great portal with geometrical decorations.
* [[Church of Saint Mary of Jesus]] (''Chiesa di Santa Maria di Gesù''): built in the 15th century and enlarged in 1762.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=147 |title=trapaniplus – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesù Alcamo |access-date=17 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035557/http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=147 |archive-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It holds the body of the Blessed [[Arcangelo Placenza from Calatafimi]].
* ex [[Church of saint Maria del Soccorso]] (''Ex Church of Our Lady of Rescue''): built in the 15th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=157 |title=trapaniplus – Ex chiesa S. Maria del Soccorso |access-date=17 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035019/http://www.trapaniplus.it/schedacosedavedere.php?cosadavedere=157 |archive-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Church of [[Saint Vitus|saint Vito]] (Chiesa di San Vito): it gave the name to the ancient district of San Vito and to the street where it is located. It was already existing in 1492 and, according to Ignazio de Blasi (a historian from Alcamo), it was founded by a member of the Confraternity of the Annunciation, together with a hospital for poor people next to it.<ref>Cataldo, Carlo (1982). Guida storico-artistica dei beni culturali di Alcamo, Calatafimi, Castellammare del golfo, Salemi, Vita. Alcamo: Sarograf.</ref> It was restored in 1922 and some decades ago; there is nothing old in it and today is used by [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] Christians for their rites.
* [[Church of the Holy Spirit (Alcamo)|Church of the Holy Spirit]]: quoted in a deed dated 1491, as it is affirmed by the historian [[Ignazio De Blasi]]. It is located next to the first cemetery, on the North side.
[[File:Chiesa di San Tommaso (Alcamo) - Portale di San Tommaso.jpg|thumb|Portal of the [[Church of St. Thomas, Alcamo|Church of Saint Thomas]].]]