Galleria Vittorio Emanuele IISuspected

Dated: Dated 1865–77
Declared purpose: Covered shopping arcade
Today: Survives, still an arcade
Build time: About 12 years (1865–77)
Region: Europe
Architect of record: Giuseppe Mengoni, architect: about 32 when credited (1861, born 1829). Build time on record: about 12 years (1865–77).All architects of record →
On the list as: Suspected

Why it's on the list

Its architect fell to his death from the scaffolding just before it was finished.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A glass-and-iron arcade with a central dome. Its architect, Giuseppe Mengoni, fell to his death from the scaffolding days before it was finished.

Why researchers flag it
Its architect fell to his death from the scaffolding just before it was finished.
The architect's fall
Mengoni died in a fall from the scaffolding in 1877.
Glass and iron
The same glass-and-iron vault seen in exhibition halls from London to Paris.