The Church of St. Vincent de Paul or Mission Church was built in 1950 as a repair to war damage, following the bombing of World War II, which had destroyed an earlier large chapel, integrated into the Mission House, built in 1915. The plaque commemorating its consecration can be seen on the outside of the apse. The new building, inaugurated on July 13, 1951, was designed by architect Augusto Valente (he also designed Cagliari’s maritime station destroyed by bombing in 1943, and the INCIS council houses on Bacaredda Street, Galilei Square), is in neo-Romanesque-Pisan style. Above the entrance portal we find a mosaic lunette dedicated to the titular saint. The roof of the church is hipped with tile covering. The bell tower, located to the left of the apse, has a square plan, and has along its height, mullioned windows, three-mullioned windows and blind arches. The floor plan is in the shape of a Latin cross. The faithful upon entering are led to turn their eyes toward the altar, the most representative point of the building because, symbolically it represents the heart of Christ on the Cross. Its stylistic simplicity and essentiality and its size, on a human scale, invite the faithful to spiritual recollection.
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