San Pietro dei Pellegrini, Milan

Chiesa di San Pietro dei Pellegrini (English: Church of St. Peter of the Pilgrims) is a church in Milan, Italy, founded in the 14th century by priest Ambrogio Varese to help those pilgrims going to Rome using the via Emilia, with money from Bernabò Visconti.

It has a simple gabled façade and retains the large original terracotta portal surmounted by a rose window. The interior has a single nave in the middle and two side chapels. At the beginning of the 20th century, 15th century frescoes were discovered in the counter-façade between the vault and the roof with busts of saints inserted within the arches of a painted loggia.

It was deconsecrated in the 19th century, and is currently privately owned and is not accessible to the public.

45°27′14″N 9°11′57″E / 45.45389°N 9.19917°E / 45.45389; 9.19917


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