Palacio Barolo, Buenos Aires
Designed as an office building - not a palace! Completed 1928. The Palacio Barolo was designed in accordance with the cosmology of Dante's Divine Comedy, m...
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Designed as an office building - not a palace! Completed 1928. The Palacio Barolo was designed in accordance with the cosmology of Dante's Divine Comedy, motivated by the architect's admiration for Alighieri. There are 22 floors, divided into three "sections". The basement and ground floor represent hell, floors 1-14 are the purgatory, and 15-22 represent heaven. The building is 100 meters (330 feet) tall, one meter for each canto of the Divine Comedy. The lighthouse at the top of the building can be seen all the way in Montevideo, Uruguay.Worth a visit if coming to Buenos Aires!
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