Palacio Barolo
I feel like I belong in a Dr. Seuss book - from here to there to everywhere, trying to check everything off our lists before we leave.
Must do: Palacio Barolo, former tallest building in Buenos Aires with intense symbolic and literary architecture. Dante's Inferno is the inspiration for how the building what constructed and how the statutes were carved. There's even free mason symbols.
A Friday evening we showed up and began our visitada guiada tour with a dapper tour guide. Unlike other tours we have taken, this one was quite excellent. We started in the lobby of the building...
After a classic elevator ride, we landed in the next ring of Dante's Inferno.
We went up as high as the elevator would go and then climbed six flight of stairs to the first lookout. If I hadn't been in love with Argentina yet, this view sealed the deal.
Up we went one more flight and saw some old typewriters from the building and peered out the little windows.
Finally, the ultimate ascent: to the tower.
In the tower is a light, basically a lighthouse, meant to communicate with it's match in Uruguay (which we saw in Montevideo). Unfortunately, architect's forgot about this little thing: the earth is curved, not flat. Therefore, the light's don't reach. But that doesn't mean we didn't get a killer light show.
We then went back down to the main balcony and watched as the light lit up the city. We stared at the Congreso, an amazing rooftop terrace and garden, and the Casa Rosada. Breathing in the smell of Buenos Aires was absolutely delightful.
We descended and we out back to see the tower from a patio. From there, we went inside on of the offices, which hasn't been remodeled. This is exactly the type of building I would love to work in one day (really practical for a broadcast tower).
We sipped wine, nibbled on olives, and played with the hats. There were also pieces saved from the building during it's original state in the 1920s. Being my favorite era, I was absolutely delighted.
Palacio Barolo offered the perfect dream of Buenos Aires: great views, Malbec wine, and a chance to smell that sweet "bueno aire" good air."
Must do: Palacio Barolo, former tallest building in Buenos Aires with intense symbolic and literary architecture. Dante's Inferno is the inspiration for how the building what constructed and how the statutes were carved. There's even free mason symbols.
A Friday evening we showed up and began our visitada guiada tour with a dapper tour guide. Unlike other tours we have taken, this one was quite excellent. We started in the lobby of the building...
After a classic elevator ride, we landed in the next ring of Dante's Inferno.
We went up as high as the elevator would go and then climbed six flight of stairs to the first lookout. If I hadn't been in love with Argentina yet, this view sealed the deal.
Up we went one more flight and saw some old typewriters from the building and peered out the little windows.
Finally, the ultimate ascent: to the tower.
In the tower is a light, basically a lighthouse, meant to communicate with it's match in Uruguay (which we saw in Montevideo). Unfortunately, architect's forgot about this little thing: the earth is curved, not flat. Therefore, the light's don't reach. But that doesn't mean we didn't get a killer light show.
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| La Casa Rosada |
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| Light from the tower |
We descended and we out back to see the tower from a patio. From there, we went inside on of the offices, which hasn't been remodeled. This is exactly the type of building I would love to work in one day (really practical for a broadcast tower).
We sipped wine, nibbled on olives, and played with the hats. There were also pieces saved from the building during it's original state in the 1920s. Being my favorite era, I was absolutely delighted.
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