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Wikipedia: The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was originally designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877. The street is covered over by an arching glass and cast iron roof, a popular design for nineteenth-century arcades, such as the Burlington Arcade, London, which was the prototype for larger glazed shopping arcades, beginning with the Saint-Hubert Gallery in Brussels (opened 1847) and the Passazh in St Petersburg, (opened 1848) and including the Galleria Umberto in Naples (opened 1890).
![[The Galleria.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II_28Milan_29_E6_s.jpg "The Galleria.")
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![[Details of the Galleria]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II_28Milan_29_E1_s.jpg "Details of the Galleria")
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![[A view of the shops and coffehouses in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/029GalleriaVittEmanuele_s.jpg "A view of the shops and coffehouses in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II")
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![[The majestic glass dome]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coupole_Milan_s.jpg "The majestic glass dome")
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![[The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II's first stone]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MI_1865_Domenico_Induno_Posa_prima_pietra_della_Galleria_di_Milano_il_7_marzo_1865_s.jpg "The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II's first stone")
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![[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from inside the arcade.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_IIa_s.jpg "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from inside the arcade.")
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![[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from inside the arcade, c. 1880]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brogi_2C_Giacomo_281822_1881_29_n_4608_Milano_Ottagono_della_Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_ca_1880_s.jpg "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from inside the arcade, c. 1880")
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![[Biffi and other cafés in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II_28Milan_29_E7_s.jpg "Biffi and other cafés in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.")
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![[Gallery in the evening]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II_evening_s.jpg "Gallery in the evening")
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![[The building under construction]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Milan_2C_Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_s.jpg "The building under construction")
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![[Galleria shop front]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_vittorio_emanuele_ii_02_s.jpg "Galleria shop front")
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![[A view down the Gallery.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/IMG_4436_Milano_Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_Vista_da_ingresso_di_Ovest_Foto_Giovanni_Dall_27Orto_20_jan_2007a_s.jpg "A view down the Gallery.")
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![[The roof of the Galleria's porticos]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/IMG_7050_Milano_Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II_Foto_Giovanni_Dall_27Orto_8_Mar_2007_s.jpg "The roof of the Galleria's porticos")
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![[The outside of the gallery, showing a decorated dome, during Christmas time.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Cupolagalleria_s.jpg "The outside of the gallery, showing a decorated dome, during Christmas time.")
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![[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II: a triumphal arch motif in the Piazza del Duomo entrance]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_s.jpg "Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II: a triumphal arch motif in the Piazza del Duomo entrance")
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