Palacio Barolo

The Palacio Barolo is an office building with 22 floors on the Avenida de Mayo 1370 at the Montserrat district of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Description

The Palacio Barolo was built in 1919-1923 by the Italian architect Mario Palanti. It has 22 floors, is 100 meters high and a total area of ​​16,630 m². The architectural style is eclectic.

The building was commissioned by the entrepreneur Luis Barolo in order. Barolo was an Italian immigrant who came to Argentina in 1890 and became wealthy by producing knitwear. The building's design is similar to the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The Palacio Barolo was designed in harmony with the cosmos, as described in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The 22 floors are divided into three sections. The basement and ground floor represent hell, floors 1-14 purgatory and 15 to 22 the sky. The height of 100 meters corresponds to the 100 cantos of the Divine Comedy.

The lighthouse on the roof of the building can still be seen in Montevideo.

When the Palacio Barolo was finished in 1923, he was not only the tallest building in the city, but all of South America. It remained the tallest building in Buenos Aires until 1935, when the Edificio Kavanagh was completed. In 1997, the Palacio Barolo was included in the "List of National Historic Monuments ."