San Protaso church, Catholic church in Milan, Italy

San Protaso is a church at the corner of Piazzale Brescia and Via Osoppo in Milan, built in the 1930s with a brick exterior. Its gabled facade has a three-arch portico with a wider central bay, three portals and arched windows below, and small single-light windows and niches above, ending in a triangular pediment with a cross. The interior has a Latin-cross plan with a single nave, side chapels, and a dome over the crossing.

Construction began in 1931 under architects Luigi and Felice Nava and was completed and consecrated in 1933. The building was created during a period of rapid urban growth when the neighborhood needed new religious facilities.

The church was designed as a parish church for the growing neighborhood and remains a focal point for local residents today. It shows how religious buildings of this era served as centers of community life.

The church is relatively easy to locate from the outside, as it sits on a plaza and stands out with its brick facade. Keep in mind that this is an active parish church, so services and private ceremonies may restrict access at certain times.

The five bells in the tower are tuned to D-flat 4. The organ, built by Balbiani-Vegezzi Bossi in 1961, has 32 registers and electro-pneumatic transmission; its free-standing console stands on the floor and has two 61-note keyboards and a 32-note concave-radial pedalboard.