GALLERIA UMBERTO I, Tour

On the three smaller façades that open onto Via Toledo, Via Santa Brigida, and Via Verdi, you can admire many decorative stucco details. Now go under the entrance to discover the spectacular and harmonious architecture inside this building that is so reminiscent of Milan's Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery, who was the first king of Italy and Umberto I's father. Moreover, the royal couple of Umberto and Margherita isremembered with particular fondness in many Neapolitan traditions: the famous "margherita" pizza is named after the queen, in honor of whom mozzarella was added for the first time ever, not only to enrich the taste but also to create a pizza whose ingredients had the colors of the Italian flag!

Go straight to the central octagon that's formed by the intersection of the two main corridors, and admire the floor mosaics that reproduce the winds and signs of the zodiac, then take in the Gallery's elegant palaces that have clothing stores and restaurants on their first two floors, and finally look up to admire the evocative glass and iron vault....