The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan connects Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Scala. Giuseppe Mengoni designed it in 1861, and it was built from 1865 to 1877. The infobox lists the Comune of Milan as owner, and the article names no client.
It is a glass-vaulted double arcade of cast and wrought iron, with ribbed glass by Saint-Gobain and ironwork from Atelier Henry Joret. The barrel vaults are about 48 feet (14.5 m) wide and 28 feet (8.5 m) high. The central dome has an internal diameter of about 123 feet (37.5 m).
Four floor mosaics show the coats of arms of Turin, Florence, Rome and Milan, and a hole in the Turin bull comes from a spinning tradition. Bombing in World War II heavily damaged the roof. It is now a shopping arcade with luxury shops, restaurants and a hotel.
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