Based on
Giuseppe Mengoni’s design for the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan (1863
– 1875), Galleria Umberto I (1885 – 1892) was designed by Emanuele Rocco and
Francesco Paolo Boubèe as a covered passageway connecting the San Carlo Theater to
Via Roma.
Its iron and glass construction is a rare example of “industrial
architecture” in Naples.
Today, Galleria Umberto I is a shopping arcade.
Below
the Galleria, is the Salone Margherita, a fixture of Naples Belle Époque.
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