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| | Milan, the land of the spree - Los Angeles Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | On a drizzly February morning, a bride and groom posed for photos in the barrel-vaulted Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, one of the world's oldest and grandest retail arcades. |
 | | Before World War II, Italy was internationally known for textile and leather goods production, but it didn't become a fashion center until the 1950s and '60s, when designers such as Valentino and Roberto Capucci showed their made-to-order couture collections in Florence and Rome. |
 | | The Galleria, named after the first king of a unified Italy, was designed by architect Giuseppe Mengoni in 1861 to connect the squares of the Duomo and La Scala, symbolically unifying church and state. |
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