An iron cross stands on top of the white bell tower, with a curvilinear outline, pointing up at the sky in front of the bay of Porto Cervo. Its cone-shaped outline dictates the rounded form of the entire structure of the small Church of Stella Maris. The building is a classic example of modern architecture. It was designed by the architect Michele Busiri Vici, in 1966, and was completed three years later. The small church overlooks the sea at the port of the renowned tourist resort: the white colour and soft lines, in perfect ‘neo-Mediterranean’ style, so dear to its creator, can be seen from afar, in the Costa Smeralda landscape, while the bells ring out to mark the passage of visitors arriving from the sea or from the land.

The main entrance is sheltered in the shade of a portico consisting of six stone pillars that hide effigies and portals crafted by the artist Luciano Minguzzi. Just before crossing the threshold, you can admire two sculptures by Pinuccio Sciola on the façade, portraying Saint Joseph and Pope John Paul II. Inside the temple, the granite floor shines in the sunlight coming in through the finely decorated windows. In the years following its construction, the church was further embellished by various donations such as the evocative Mater Dolorosa, a sixteenth-century painting by El Greco (Domenico Theotocopulos). The small church also contains a Neapolitan pipe organ built by the De Martino organ makers (17th-18th century) and the bronze doors depicting the Annunciation and Christian symbols, also the work of Minguzzi. Two crucifixes made by the German school, dated late 17th and 18th centuries, complete the interior of a small architectural jewel, immersed in sacredness.