"Segni Nuovi" (a club of cinematographic culture within the Church of the Saints Paul and Bartholomew). Sport events 2–6 January: International Costa Gaia Trophy (youth soccer tournament). European lightweight title (professional boxing) was contested in Alcamo on 14 August 1991. Defending champion Antonio Renzo (from Calabria) stopped British challenger Paul Charters in the 11th round. Local market The local market in Alcamo (called "mercatino") takes place every Wednesday morning in Via Tre Santi, near Viale Italia. Cuisine Some specialities of cuisine of Alcamo are: Handmade maccheroni Pasta with "finocchi and sarde" (wild small fennels and sardines) Sausages with "cavuliceddi" (a typical Alcamo vegetable) Dried filled tomatoes Cuddureddi (Christmas handmade fig sweets) Tetù (mixed and coloured biscuits) Sciù (cream sweets) Muffulette (fresh cooked roll bread with ricotta or other fillings) People Cielo d'Alcamo (13th century), poet Arcangelo Placenza from Calatafimi (1390–1460), presbyter and Franciscan friar Sebastiano Bagolino (1560–1604) poet and painter Guglielmo Borremans (1672–1744) Flemish painter Ignazio De Blasi (1717–1783) historian Giuseppe Renda (1772–1805), painter Felice Pastore Cambon (1786–1862), baron of Rincione, politician and benefactor Franco Alesi Grand Parent's of Former Formula 1 Driver Jean Alesi Girolamo Caruso (1842–1923), agronomist and teacher at university Pietro Maria Rocca (1847–1918), historian Francesco Maria Mirabella (1850–1931), historian, school teacher, poet Giuseppe Rizzo (1863–1912), presbyter, founder of the homonymous Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana Nino Navarra (poet) 1885–1917 poet, writer, gold medal for his military value Vito Fazio Allmayer 1885–1958, philosopher, pedagogist and university teacher Pietro Montana (1890–1978), sculptor, painter and teacher Peter H. Ruvolo (1895–1943), lawyer and politician Gaspare Canino (1900–1977), puppeteer Nicola Rubino (1905–1984) sculptor and painter Vincenzo Regina (1910–2009), historian, presbyter Salvatore Asta (1915–2004), Catholic archbishop and diplomat Gino Patti (1925–1993), painter Ludovico Corrao (1927–2011), politician and senator Turi Simeti (1929), painter Carlo Cataldo (1933), historian and poet Vincenza Bono Parrino (1942), Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage in De Mita's government and teacher Giacomo Romano Davare (1945), writer, stage director and teacher.\ Gisella Giovenco (Ferrara, 1946) painter, stylist and publicist Franca Viola (1947), the first Italian woman who refused the repairing wedding Antonino Raspanti (1959), Catholic bishop Benedetto Lo Monaco (1960), actor Vito Bongiorno (1963), painter Calandra & Calandra (Maurizio 1960, Giuseppe 1969), Folk singers Christian Rocca (1968), journalist and writer Stefano La Colla, tenor]* Domenico Piccichè (1970) pianist and teacher Ignazio Corrao (1984), politician and eurosceptic eurodeputy Sara Renda (1991), singer at the Opéra National de Bordeaux Economy Alcamo is one