It was designed by Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa between 1968–1978 as an L-shaped 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) extension to the adjacent municipal cemetery.
The monumental project was commissioned in 1969 by Onorina Tomasin-Brion, widow of Giuseppe Brion [it], the founder of the Brionvega company.
The sanctuary is designed as a composition of concrete buildings with distinctive detailing set in gardens with water features.
The "viewing device" of the pavilion of meditation suggests a vesica piscis, a recurring motif in Scarpa's architecture.
[7] The Brion heirs, Ennio and Donatella, donated the site to Italian Environmental Fund (FAI) in 2022.