Sacro Cuore, Alcamo

Sacro Cuore ("Holy Heart") is a Catholic church located in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani.

The parish of the Holy Heart of Jesus was established by the bishop of Trapani, monsignor Ricceri, on 4 October 1967.

They started with a prefabricated structure, with a roof in asbestos cement, a hall, and two rooms;[2] in 1978 they built the parsonage and other premises for the parish, but they had to wait until 1982 to start the real building which included the Church and the hall below it.

In 1987 Vincenzo Settipani, an architect, substituted Li Santi, who had died; he designed the mosaics, the stained glasses, the holy water stoups, the Baptismal font, the ambon and the altar.

[1] The Church is with one nave and has the characteristic of a roof shaped like a boat overturned;[3] inside it there are these works: In the sacristy there is a wooden statue of the Holy Heart of Jesus, made by Giuseppe Stuflesser from Ortisei in 1967.