Church of the Annunziata in Cammarata
The Church of the Annunziata in Cammarata is the most characteristic church of the village.
The date of construction of the church is not known but it is believed that it dates back to around 1300 and that in remote times it was dedicated to Santa Maria of the sick. Originally the monastery of the Annunziata was annexed to the church, it was in fact referred to by the Cammarata people as Badia di sotto, to distinguish it from the Badia di sopra or simply Badia, i.e. the Church of Santa Domenica where the other female Benedictine monastery in the town was located. Today nothing remains of the ancient monastery: on the side of the Church you can glimpse two high sheared walls which are believed to have belonged to a building of the monastery.
The church is preceded by a pronaos dating back to 1521 and has a large arch pointed arch in the main façade and two rounded lateral arches separated by an elegant column.
The interior, with a single nave, covered by a barrel vault, is enriched with pure gold stucco work.
All' Inside the church there are works of artistic value: the Crucifix of the Rain, so called because of a miraculous event; the large canvas depicting the Penitent Magdalene attributed to the school of Guido Reni; the eighteenth-century canvas depicting the Annunciation of the Virgin; the wooden statues of the Madonna Annunziata and San Giacomo Apostolo.
