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Professor Carlo
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In 1989 the church was restored by the owners, the
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Alcamo sacra : revisione ed ampliamento delle note di P. M. Rocca alla storia delle chiese e opere pie alcamesi di G. B. Bembina e cenni su chiese e istituzioni sorte posteriormente / Francesco Maria
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