San Pietro in Gessate is a Roman Catholic church in Milan, built in the fifteenth century in the Gothic style. It is attributed to Guiniforte Solari or his son Pietro Antonio, though the attribution is uncertain. Bernardino Butinone and Bernardo Zenale worked here. Ambrogio Bergognone's fresco of the Funeral of St Martin dates from 1514, and Vincenzo Foppa finished his Deposition in the early sixteenth century.
The nave has two aisles and square, groin-vaulted spans, flanked by two rows of chapels. Granite Corinthian columns separate the naves instead of traditional Gothic piers. Wikipedia calls this the church's only sign of the humanist revolution that began in Florence.
The Grifi Chapel holds Zenale's scenes from the life of St. Ambrose. In April 2024 Europa Nostra and the EIB Institute named the church one of Europe's seven most endangered heritage sites.
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