Galleria del Corso
The Galleria del Corso is a major shopping arcade in the historic center (Zone 1) of Milan, Italy, one of five built in the city in the interwar period (1919–39), along with the Galleria del Toro, Galleria Mazzini, Galleria Meravigli and the Galleria Gonzaga. History The first idea of building an arcade to connect the Corso Vittorio Emmanuele II to the Piazza Cesare Beccaria dates back to before World War I; the initial objective was to create—like other arcades conceived at the time—a covered connection between the street and the square, with a central octagon and a curved branch in the direction of Via Cesare Beccaria. However, the general project designed between 1915 and 1918 by Mario Beretta was extensively modified during construction. In fact, the construction began many years later, in 1923, and was completed in stages, under the guidance of different architects. Beretta himself built, in 1923, only the Cinema Corso (with 2000 seats between the seats and the gallery), inaugurated on 3 December 1926 in place of the Provisional Cinema already built within the perimeter walls of the Galleria, with the building above already eight floors tall. The west side was built by Ugo Patetta and Livio