The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Stock Photo

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy`s oldest active shopping mall and a major landmark of Milan, Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the center of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and completed in 1877. The structure consists of two glass-vaulted arcades intersecting in an octagon, topped with a huge glass dome, covering the street connecting two of Milan’s most famous landmarks: the Duomo and Teatro Alla Scala but it’s a landmark on its own. The street is covered by an arching glass and cast iron roof, a popular design for 19th-century arcades.