[1][2] Designed by engineer Ernesto Ganelli, the new parish church was intended to serve the eastern part of the city, which was still sparsely developed and characterized by scattered settlements such as the houses along Via Scansanese, the Sfrattati village, and the Sterpeto cemetery.

[2][5] In the 1950s, the church underwent further decoration both inside and out, including the addition of an organ (1951), a baptistery (1952), Stations of the Cross (1954), a large wooden crucifix, an external monument to the Immaculate Mary (1958), and a mosaic in the apse (1959).

[1] The church of San Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, designed in the Romanesque Revival style, features distinctive brickwork on both its exterior and parts of its interior.

[5] The central part of the façade has an entrance portal with a full arch, flanked by niches with statues, and is topped by a circular rose window with a mosaic depicting St.

The interior also contains a processional banner attributed to Ventura Salimbeni, a painting of the Assumption and Coronation of Mary, an organ, and a large wooden crucifix.