An impressive building, quite centrally located near the Plaza del Plebiscito (which is really dirty and full of grafiti) . Don't forget to look at the mosaics on the floor. The galleria has a few very nice shops, but more and more souvenir shops and cheap restaurants have found their way here.

The architecture of Galleria Umberto I bears uncanny resemblance to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, which is not surprising given that both arcades were constructed around the late 19th century. Located across from the San Carlo opera house within a short walk from Piazza del Plebiscito, this cross -shaped structure surmounted by a huge glass dome at the centre is majestically impressive, but no similar superlatives can be said of the range of shops tenanting this shopping arcade. Unlike its Milan cousin who fills the arcade with luxury branded shop, the shops here are much to be desired and some have even closed for business. Good only for a quick stopover to admire the building and snap a few photos.

Stunning building but that's about it. I was very early here before it had been cleaned up from the night before. Rubbish everywhere, urine smell, homeless people sleeping rough. By the time the high class shops were opening the place had been cleaned - you would not have known.

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887 and 1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples —called the risanamento .... (lit. "making healthy again").....—that lasted until World War I. It was designed in the Stile Umbertino by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named after Umberto I, King of Italy at the time of construction...।....

Having heard that we should see this galleria, we stopped in one evening to check it out, and came back again during the day. Built in the 1890s, it is impressive....long halls, huge glass dome, beautiful mosaic floor, stunning details from floor to ceiling. It was built as a public space for shopping, restaurants, businesses, with some residential above. On both visits, there were lots of people inside, mostly milling about, eating at the restaurants. As a historic space, it's worth checking out.