Santi Pietro e Paolo Church, Parish church in Corsico, Italy.
Santi Pietro e Paolo is Corsico's parish church, built 1848–1852 to a design by Giulio Aluisetti. Its west-facing neoclassical facade has three sections: the central one with an architraved main portal, four Ionic pilasters and a triangular pediment, and a semicircular window above; the side wings hold secondary entrances. Inside, three naves are divided by pilastered piers carrying round arches and a moulded cornice with garlands, ending in a presbytery raised by four steps and a semicircular apse.
The church was built between 1848 and 1852 following architect Giulio Aluisetti's design. It replaced an earlier religious building that had existed on this site since medieval times.
The church is the seat of a parish in the Archdiocese of Milan, which follows the Ambrosian rite. In 1747 it hosted the confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament and of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Belt, and its territory included the oratories of San Francesco at Robarello, the Nativity at Cascina Guarda and San Biagio at Grancino.
The church faces west, with the main portal in the central block and secondary entrances in the two side wings. The presbytery at the end of the hall is raised by four steps and closed by a semicircular apse, so the sanctuary is not on the same level as the nave. The building belongs to the Cesano Boscone deanery.
The 1747 pastoral visit of Archbishop Giuseppe Pozzobonelli recorded 670 faithful in the parish, with the church as seat of the confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament and of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Belt. By 1781 the Nota parrocchie Stato di Milano counted 822, a rise of about 150 in roughly thirty years.
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