The Galleria Umberto I in Naples was designed by Emanuele Rocco. The article names no client and says only that it is named for King Umberto I. The infobox gives 1890 as the opening year, and the text says it was built between 1887 and 1890, so the sources agree.
The article calls the style Stile Umbertino, with modern elements resembling Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It is iron and glass, with a glass dome braced by 16 metal ribs. The dome is 187 feet (57 m) high at the spire tip. It has five floors and a cross-shaped plan.
It was the cornerstone of Naples' urban renewal, the risanamento, which lasted until World War I. It is part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Naples and appears in John Horne Burns's 1947 novel The Gallery. It is a public shopping gallery with shops and cafés. The article gives no hours.
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