• Crafted during a time of strife in Europe, the Palacio Barolo was designed as an allegory of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy because people were certain Europe...
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  • Mimi Bohm, Buenos Aires, Art Nouveau, Ediciones Xavier Verstraeten, Buenos Aires, 2005. Palacio Barolo brochure from a guided tour.
  • Why is it so special? What is its connection with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy? Can you visit it by yourself or is it better to take a Palacio Barolo tour?
  • See 339 photos and 59 tips from 1890 visitors to Palacio Barolo. "For sure a must see attraction in Buenos Aires. The guided tour takes about one hour..."
  • The Palacio Barolo was designed in accordance with the cosmology of Dante’s Divine Comedy, motivated by the architect’s admiration for Alighieri.
  • La noche es un momento privilegiado para recorrer el Barolo. Las sombras y silencios profundizan los misterios de este Palacio argentino.
  • Dreamt up by the Italian architect Mario Palanti, Palacio Barolo was the tallest skyscraper in South America when it was completed in 1923.
  • Discover one of the most symbolic buildings in Buenos Aires, Palacio Barolo, with this guided tour.
  • Palacio Barolo was the first major building in Argentina—and one of the first in the world—to have been made entirely from reinforced concrete.