Milan, Galleria Vittorio Emmanule II.
It is a covered walkway that connects the Piazza del Duomo with the La Scala theater. It was designed by Giuseppe Mengoni, started in 1865. It is home to designer shops and brands and also of popular cafés and restaurants. His iron structures in sight, the Gallery was one of the examples that was inspired Gustave Eiffel, a few years later. In 1859 it was decided to make a covered walkway that connects Piazza Duomo with Piazza della Scala to devote to the king who led Milan to unify the Kingdom of Italy.
Trivia: The Octagon Gallery has a central mosaic with the emblem of the House of Savoy. On either side, always in mosaics, are represented the arms of the four cities that at different times were capitals of the Kingdom of Italy: Milan in the order (with Napoleon), then Turin, Florence and finally Rome (with the Savoy). In the lunettes around the turn, are represented allegories of the four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe and America.
Tradition states that turn on themselves (three times) while with the heel of his right foot on the genitals of the bull mosaic portrait by the coat of arms Turin on the Octagon floor of the gallery, good luck. This superstitious ritual, repeated hundreds of times a day by passers-by, mostly tourists, quickly wear the image of the bull that needs to be reset frequently. In reality the ancient tradition of Milan planned to swipe your foot on the emblem only on the night of December 31 at midnight.
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