Church of St. Pietro in Gessate, Milan

Piazza San Pietro in Gessate 20122 Milano

Opening Hours
From September 15th to June 30th: 07:30-18:00
Before holiday days 08:30-12:00 and 16:30-20:00
Sunday and holidays 08:30-13:00 and 16:30-20:00
From July 1st to September 14th: 08:00-12:00
Before holiday days 08:30-12:00 and 17:00-20:00
Sunday and holidays 08:30-12:00 and 17:00-20:00

Phone 02.54107424

Preservation and restoration of roofs and walls

Since widespread infiltration of rainwater from roofs and damp due to faulty drainage put at risk the preservation of important artworks hosted in the Church, operations involving recovery of roofs and arrangement of the metal components preceded the restoration of the exterior walls and of the decorations of the fourth chapel on the right. At a later stage, interventions involved exteriors, working primarily on the main façade and on the fronts of the chapels overlooking via Chiossetto. The most interesting aspect of the intervention was represented by the discovery and recuperation of the original plasterworks preserved under the plasters relating to the twentieth-century restoration. The laboratory tests and the graphical and photographical documentation witnessing the status quo preceding the interventions and the interventions themselves contributed to broaden the knowledge of the XV century architecture in Milan, and provided substantial information on the restorations carried out during the early twentieth century.

By Annamaria Navone