Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi TE friends

Today, I decided to post this picture taken with my old Benq 1000, in the year 1997.

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is wonderful and I like the architecture.

Enjoy it !

This gallery is a covered double arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was originally designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.

The street is covered over by an arching glass and cast iron roof, a popular design for nineteenth-century arcades, such as the Burlington Arcade, London, which was the prototype for larger glazed shopping arcades, beginning with the Saint-Hubert Gallery in Brussels (opened 1847) and the Passazh in St Petersburg, (opened 1848) and including the Galleria Umberto in Naples (opened 1890).

The central octagonal space is topped with a glass dome. The Milanese Galleria was larger in scale than its predecessors and was an important step in the evolution of the modern glazed and enclosed shopping mall, of which it was the direct progenitor. It has inspired the use of the term galleria for many other shopping arcades and malls.

The Galleria connects two of Milan's most famous landmarks: The Duomo and the Teatro Alla Scala.
More than 130 years after its inauguration, the four-story arcade includes elegant shops selling most things from haute couture to books, as well as restaurants, cafés and bars. Directly connected to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Milan's ultra-luxurious Town House Galleria hotel, offering the city's most luxurious (and most expensive) rooms and facilities.

The Galleria is the site for many luxury goods' shops, like Prada and Louis Vuitton.

DC C1000
2007/10/14 07:49:00
Focal Length: 7.9mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Spot
1/6 sec - F/6.4
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: High
White Balance: Auto

Amaz, toto, siamesa, celmaleite, JT50, gervaso, paura, Emile has marked this note useful

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pajaran (3270) 2009-11-11 1:28

Pozdrav.
Arhitektura koja ostavlja utisak zahvaljujuci ovom mnogo dobrom fotografijom. Lepo je setati ovde.
Puno zdravlje, lep dan, Paja.

Graal (58103) 2009-11-11 1:45

Hi Aires,
very good symmetry and composition. An interesting interior. Fine archival your remembrance from Milano. Well photojob. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

jjcordier (24752) 2009-11-11 1:53

Aires
Ces galeries sont toujours très difficiles à photographier. Tu as choisi un très bon POV en légère contreplongée et as réussi à maitriser de belle façon les différences de luminosité.Bravo!
Amicalement
JJ

anto95 (1808) 2009-11-11 2:08

Hi Aires,
beautiful POV and prospective!good!
Antonello

delpeoples (6174) 2009-11-11 2:17

Hola Aires, just superb! Bravo! The FG is wonderful, the depth illustrates all the amazing details of this fantastic construction. I have been told about this Galleria as it's similar in construction to the Galleria Umberto in Naples. The vertical frame, clarity and dynamic people are all wonderful touches. Great job, TFS, Lisa

lousat (15498) 2009-11-11 2:22

Hi Aires,great decision! ehehe...this is a hearth of my city and must to be show!!Very nice low point of view,excellent perspective,sharpness and colors,isn't easy to take a perfect pic like that,there are differents lights inside this gallery.Your old camera was great there! My best compliments,have a nice day,Luciano

jasmis (50530) 2009-11-11 2:27

Superb vertical frame. Amazing presentation.
Regards my dear friend.

Amaz (6904) 2009-11-11 2:43

Extraordinária captura, amigo Aires!!
Bela prespectiva e lindas cores!!

Ótima a nota sua, amigo!!

Parabéns mil,

Um abraço

Nicou (45003) 2009-11-11 3:05

Hello,

fantastique galerie, quel pavage, ces dessins au suol, ces reflets, avec la belle,ouverture en fond bien éclairée, les personnages en flou, sueprbe compo.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

francio64 (11174) 2009-11-11 3:05

Ciao Aires,
ottima la prospettiva in questa foto della famosa galleria di Vittorio Emanuele a Milano.
Il leggero mosso sulla ragazza alla sinistra, dà movimento alla scena.

TFS!
Francesco

toto (18715) 2009-11-11 4:25

Bojour,
belle photo batiment avec cette superbe verrière.
La couleurs , les pavés,les dessins formés par ceux ci, l' éclairage donne par cette grande verrière qui se reflète sur les pavés et donne ainssi encore plus de beauté a votre photo.

Amitiés Thomas

Urs (2922) 2009-11-11 5:39

Hi Aires

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele I have visited about 30 years ago, when I went for a weekend to Milan. That was not far from Zurich where I lived. I remember that I had some ristreto in a very nice caffee shop in the center of the Galleria, perhaps it is still there. Nice framing with the signet in the FG and the hall leading the viewer to the outside world of Milan. Thanks for sharing and reviving memories.

Best regards
Urs

xuaxo (5759) 2009-11-11 6:43

Olá Aires,
Um dos centros comerciais mais famosos da Europa. E merece a fama.
Gosto do grande destaque dado ao chão.
Cumprimentos,
F.

siamesa (12960) 2009-11-11 7:12

Olá Aires

Perfeita simetria e belíssimo efeito. Os detalhes do piso são muito bonitos.Belíssima construção. Parabémns pela excelente captura.
Abraços
maria

celmaleite (2750) 2009-11-11 11:56

Olá, Aires!
O piso é o destaque mais espetacular da foto. Lindíssimo! As cores estão excelentes. Parabéns pelo bonito registro. Abraço.

JT50 (823) 2009-11-11 14:21

Hi Aires,
As usual your POV is just right.
The details are brilliantly captured.
The architecture is marvelous. I like the
light emerging from the archway and falling
on to the lovely artwork in FG.
Have a nice week.
Janak

emilbo (9439) 2009-11-11 16:26

Salut Aires,
Excellent point de vue et une perspective surprenante. L'architecture avec ses arches multiples est fantastique, on ne se lasse pas de l'admirer. Les personnage en mouvement ajoutent de l'intérêt à la scène. Tu as dû retenir ton souffle pour prendre la photo sans trépied.
Tous mes compliments,
Amicalement,
Emilius

gervaso (5262) 2009-11-11 17:06

Olá, Aires!

A perspectiva ficou muito boa, e gostei bastante também dos reflexos no chão, principalmente da porta que se duplica ao fundo. A arquitetura do lugar também é muito bonita! Excelente trabalho!

paura (38540) 2009-11-12 15:03

Aires,
Beleza de composição aqui, amigo, aproveitando muito bem as bonitas formas geométricas. Muito boa.

Abraço

Paulo

giorgimer (21274) 2009-11-13 15:41

Olà Aires,

I love to walk here when I have pree time. Good POV, I like the blurried people

TFS

G

Emile (20001) 2009-11-13 17:03

Hola Aires.
Estuve en ese mismo sitio a finales de Septiembre y la verdad que me encontre ese mall impresionante, tu tomaste esta foto desde un buen POV usando muy bien un formato vertical que nos permite ver su extraordinaria arquitectura, su belleza.
Muy buena nota explicativa.
TFS.
Abrazos.