The Parish Church in Domodossola is dedicated to two twins from Milan, Gervasius and Protasius, who were martyred in the 6th century: erected on the ruins of a 15th-century church, it was built between 1792 and 1798 and designed by architect Matteo Zucchi. The Collegiata di Domodossola has three naves with six chapels and an exquisite high altar made of polychrome marble. Left without a façade until 1953, the building was completed by architect Giovanni Creppi in 1954, on the initiative of archpriest Monsignor Luigi Pellanda.
The porch belonged to the previous church: it was created in 1648 by Bernardino Lazzaro of Val d’Intelvi. The paintings on the barrel-vault ceiling and on the sides of the porch are by Carlo Mellerio, a 17th-century Vigezzo-born artist. There is also a Romanesque serpentine portal, now incomplete, which was recovered during work on the façade. The bronze panels on the door were made by Vitaliano Marchini, an Ossola-born sculptor at the Brera Academy.
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