Thursday, June 4, 2020

Milan, Italy

Italians like to brag that they have the oldest enclosed shopping mall in the world, but Syrians know their covered suqs (ike the one in Aleppo) are even older. Nevertheless, Milan's Galleria Victor Emmanuel is impressive in its size and architectural splendor, and it did set the standard foe the American mall, beginning with downtown arcades circa 1900. [2008]

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