Gallery Vittorio Emanuele IIDrawn in 1861 by Giuseppe Mengoni Mengoni and built among 1865 and 1877, the Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II it is one of the galleries covered in Europe and the first one to use the combination iron and glass. Colleague It places Scala to the Roman Gothic Plaza of the Duomo.
In 1877 the arc was completed triumphal, that allows the connection to the covered by Plaza it Climbs her to the cathedral of the Duomo. . The dome of octagonal glass raises him tall above the crossing, it is one representation among the union of the church and state that it was born with the triumphal nationalistic revolution. of 1848. Today they find space inside her Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II many restaurants to the fashion, coffee, shops of books and disks. Every year this gallery is visited by million of tourists that frequent places on the spot. Altogether her Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in direction north-south measure 196 meters length, while in east direction - west measure 105,5 meter, with a width of 14,50 and a height of 21 with a maximum of 47 meter to the vertex of the central dome where the arms are crossed in an octagon in iron and glass.
In the nights of 13 and August 15 th 1943 during the period of the second world war, the Gallery was struck by the allied aerial bombardments. In the recent years sixty You Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II has been interested from jobs of restauration of the relative flooring Lately the octagon is used by the commune in Milan to illustrate to tourists and citizens the changes or the demonstrations that interest the metropolitan city. Between the customs and the curiosities we remember the tradition to rotate on if' same, being with the heel of the right foot on the genital ones of the bull, withdraws to mosaic within the coat of arms in Turin, on the floor of the Octagon of the gallery, they say harbors fortune. This repeated magic rite during the day from different passer-bys for the most part tourists, usury quickly the image of the bull that must frequently be restores. Besides all the business, with the open showcases on the gallery they have to have the insignias you conform with gold writings on a black fund. Also the fast open food in the Octagon it respects this rule meneghina. |
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A tragedy happened in 1867 in her Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II when the architect Giuseppe Mengoni died,
falling from the heights of the dome of glass while it was scrutinizing the decorative details.