In June 1885 a law was passed for the establishment of a penal agricultural colony and health station on the island of Asinara.
Beginning in 1915, the Asinara lazaret housed Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war who arrived in large numbers and in poor health from war zones.
During their stationing on the island, the prisoners worked on various construction and environmental rehabilitation works.
It was in this context that the Austro-Hungarian chapel was built, strongly desired by the priests who offered religious assistance to prisoners of war on the island.
The monument was built of concrete blocks.
The facade rests on a plinth of four steps surrounding the three sides of the small building.
Four concrete columns support the upper part of the facade, molded in the form of a gable, in the center of which is a pointed-arch lunette with a concrete bas-relief depicting the Pieta, the work of good modeling by prisoner George Vemess.
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