page_title: Alcamo
section_title: Religious traditions and folklore
hierarchical_section_title: Alcamo / Culture / Religious traditions and folklore
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Processione di Maria Santissima dei Miracoli ad Alcamo (2010)
context_page_description: Alcamo is the fourth-largest town in the province of Trapani in Sicily, with a population of 45,374 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.
context_section_description: 19 March: celebration in honour of Saint Joseph (novena and procession)
  Good Friday: procession of the Dead Jesus and Our Lady of Sorrow.
  First Sunday after Easter: Feast of Jesus Christ the Redeemer (cultural and religious event).
  Second Sunday after Easter: celebration in honour of Saint Francis of Paola (cultural and religious event).
  Third Sunday after Easter: Feast of Patrocinio in honour of the Holy Family (procession and lunch with the Holy Family).
  1 May: celebration in honour of Saint Joseph the Worker (novena and procession)
  13 June: celebration in honour of Saint Anthony of Padua (novena and procession)
  19–21 June: Celebration in honour of Maria Santissima dei Miracoli (Saint Mary of Miracles, the patron saint of Alcamo): cultural and religious events. During the feast there are a solemn procession of the Madonna's simulacrum, fireworks from the "bastione" in Piazza Bagolino and the descent of civil and political authorities to the Sanctuary of Madonna of Miracles. In the past (until 8–10 years ago) there were horse races along Corso 6 Aprile; the last two times they took place in Viale Italia.
  End of July: Saint Anne's feast with novena, procession and cultural-recreational activities.
  8 September (Nativity of Mary): celebrations at the Sanctuary of Most Holy Mary of the Height (Madonna dell'Alto) on the top of Mount Bonifato with dialect poems recitation and procession.
  7–8 December: celebration in honour of Immacolata Concezione (the Immaculate Conception): novena, pastoral melodies and procession.
  Alcamo Christmas (concerts, outdoor performances, preparation of traditional Christmas cribs and pipers' passing).
caption: The simulacrum of Madonna of the Miracles during a traditional procession.
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