The church, a rectangular hall building with a semi-elliptical apse, has vertical stone masonry structures with ocher plaster. The barrel vault with nails in the nave and the basin in the apse are supported by a gable roof with tiles. The floor is composed of white and gray marble slabs, while the external decorations include pilasters, a scrolled coat of arms and stucco. Internally, you can see white stuccoes and architectural details, with sacred furnishings such as a stone stoup dating back to 1400.

In the post-war period, after the violent clashes around Cava during the Allied landing, the absurdity of the carnage was revealed. Many young lives were sacrificed, and hundreds of soldiers lay buried in makeshift cemeteries or abandoned along the embankments.

Lucia Apicella, a woman from Cava (used to pray in the church of San Giacomo), struck by the tragedy, perceived the absurdity of that war which had torn young people away from their homes. While the war had spared his family, the pain persisted for those "mama's boys" lost among rocks and undergrowth, abandoned at the mercy of the dogs or even ignored by the local children. Her story highlights the human cost of conflict and the difficult reality mothers face when their children's lives are sacrificed far from home.