OPENED IN 1923, THE BUILDING LOCATED AT AV. DE MAYO 1370 COMMEMORATES THE FAMOUS WORK OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. IN ITS JOURNEY, ARCHITECTURE, LITERATURE AND MYSTICISM COMBINE TO ELEVATE THE SOUL BEYOND THE BUENOS AIRES CEILINGS. & NBSP;
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BETWEEN THE HORNS AND THE SMOG, ON A MORE TRADITIONAL AVENUE IN BUENOS AIRES, A LAY TEMPLE IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW: A PLACE WHERE THE TIME STOPS AND SPACE IS CONFUSED, DESPITE THE PERFECT GEOMETRY. IT IS THERE, IN THE BAROLO PALACE, THE PAST MEDDLES IN THE PRESENT, WHILE THE CRASS REALITY VANISHES INTO A PARALLEL, POETIC AND SACRED UNIVERSE. & NBSP;
ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TEXTILE BUSINESSMAN LUIS BAROLO TO THE ITALIAN MARIO PALANTI, WHO FILLED IT WITH ANALOGIES AND REFERENCES TO DANTE ALIGHIERI'S DIVINE COMEDY. PALANTI ENDOWED IT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT, WHICH DAZZLES THOSE WHO VISIT IT FOR ITS ELEGANT STYLE, ITS MIXTURE OF THE GOTHIC-ROMANTIC AND THE HINDU, ALTHOUGH WHAT SPELLS IT IS ITS HISTORY. PASSING THE GLAZED ENTRANCE, THE DIVINE COMEDY MATERIALIZES IN CONCRETE, MARBLE AND BRONZE, IN ONE HOUR IT IS POSSIBLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH HELL, PURGATORY AND PARADISE WITH A GUIDE. & NBSP;
CREATED WITH THE DREAM OF SAVING THE REMAINS OF THE FLORENTINE ARTIST TODAY THERE ARE ONLY OFFICES IN THE BUILDING, BUT EACH DETAIL AND RELIEF HAS ITS SYMBOLIC CORRELATION WITH THE POEM. THE ARCHITECT, A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC ORDER OF DANTE AND BAROLO, OBSESSIVELY REITERATED THE NUMERICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOOK: NOT ONLY THE DIVISION OF THE FLOORS AGREES WITH THE THREE KINGDOMS; IN ADDITION, AMONG THE "COINCIDENCES", ITS HEIGHT REPLICATES THE NUMBER OF SONGS IN THE TEXT AND EVEN ITS LOCATION, AV. DE MAYO 1370, RECALLS THE APPROXIMATE DATE OF THE WRITING. TODAY, IT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AND IN THE WORLD IN REINFORCED CONCRETE. THIS GREAT ICON OF BUENOS AIRES, CONVERTED INTO A NATIONAL HISTORICAL MONUMENT SINCE 1996, OFFERS ITS VISITORS PRIVILEGED VIEWS OF THE CITY, WHERE THE CASA ROSADA AND THE CONGRESS STAND OUT.
& NBSP; & NBSP; IN ADDITION TO ITS WALKS THROUGH ITS HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE, THE PALACIO BAROLO OFFERS TANGO CLASSES IN ITS ELEGANT LOUNGES, LASTING ONE HOUR. TO TAKE THE BEST IMAGES OF THE BUILDING, YOU CAN CHOOSE THE PHOTO TOUR TO CAPTURE EVERY MOMENT OF THE TOUR. ANOTHER RECOMMENDED CIRCUIT IS THE NOCTURNAL ONE, WITH MORE DETAILS THAN THE DAYTIME TOUR, ACCOMPANIED BY THE HISTORY AND ALLEGORIES OF THE DIVINE COMEDY, YOU REACH THE LIGHTHOUSE AND FROM ITS DOME YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS TOUR TURNS AND ILLUMINATES THE CITY. AFTER ENJOYING A MAGNIFICENT VIEW, AN OFFICE FROM THE 1920S IS KNOWN, WHERE VISITORS WILL TASTE A GLASS OF WINE AWARDED WITH REGIONAL PRODUCTS. IT LASTS APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS. TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BUENOS AIRES WE RECOMMEND THE
WALKING AND
CITY TOUR OF TANGOL. & NBSP;
LIVE THE PALACIO BAROLO TOURS EXPERIENCE WITH TANGOL, FOR INQUIRIES AND TICKET SALES WWW.TANGOL.COM . MORE INFORMATION: (05411) 4363-6000, CONSULTATIONS@TANGOL.COM. VISITS ARE MADE IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND MUST BE MADE WITH A PRIOR RESERVATION.