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Monte Rosa skiing
Piazza del Popolo
Canal Grande
Baths of Caracalla
San Polo
Murano
Cannaregio
Castello
Venetian canals
Giudecca
Monumental Cemetery
San Giorgio Maggiore
Forum Romanum
Pigna
Castello Sforzesco
San Michele Cemetery
Torcello
Abruzzo Landscape
Villa Adriana
Cinque Terre
Fountains in Rome
Reggia Caserta
Santa Chiara
Naples Streets
Pompei and Herculaneum
Pantheon
Florence Cathedral
San Marco
Trastevere
San Paolo fuori le Mura
Santa Sabina
Colosseum
Milan Duomo
Milano Sculptures
Visited: July 2002 and several times before
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Located centrally in Milan, right between the famous Duomo and the Scala theatre, lies the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, erected in the 1860s and the 1870s. It is another monument for the King who unified Italy, just like Rome has its enormous Vittorio Emmanuele monument. You could call it a shopping mall, but it is a very elegant one in its sort. The ceiling, towering high above the audience below, consists of glass and iron domes.
The Galleria was designed by Giuseppe Megnoni who unfortunately died just before completion of the building, falling from the scaffolding. Nowadays, the Galleria attracts a lot of Italians and foreigners alike, who come here to (window)shop, to drink or eat something, or just to walk around and marvel at the luxurious shops. Actually, because of its many functions, the Galleria has been dubbed the living room of Milan.
This is a place to watch the elegantly dressed Italians passing by, to buy an ice cream or to look at the mosaics high up in the ceiling in the octagonal court which represent Europe, Asia, Africa and America, or the mosaics at the ends of the arms of the Galleria which represent Agriculture, Science, Art and Industry. When looking at the mosaics in the court, be careful that the central floor is a little higher - it nearly made me fall.
