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Renowned as Italy’s most stylish city, it’s not surprising that Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is not your typical shopping mall. One of the world’s oldest, the grand building consists of a four-storey double arcade (covered passageway) with a glass-vaulted roof. In the 1860s, the city held competitions to modernise Piazza del Duomo and connect it with Piazza della Scala.

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