[4] Later the town centre moved south, and in 1332 construction began on the new mother church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, which was completed in 1402.

In 1427 Father Geremia, a Dominican friar, became Pope and came to Alcamo to visit convents and establish a general reform.

[6] In 1706 the Jesuits asked the town jurymen for the concession of the Dominicans' former convent (called "the old one" and reduced to a deplorable state of abandon) in order to establish a house for spiritual retreat where they could practice "Saint Ignatius of Loyola's exercises".

After its restoration, the former convent could host 40 people and since then has been called "the Retreat" (in Italian: "Il Ritiro") by the inhabitants of Alcamo.

[1] The painting of Our Lady of the Star, a fresco which was held inside, is assigned to Tommaso De Vigilia by Gioacchino Di Marzo and according to the same historian would date back to 1464.