The Palacio Barolo climbs twenty-two stories of ornate, concrete wedding-cake layers, topped by a lighthouse that pierces the Buenos Aires skyline. Architect Mario Palanti designed the building in nineteen nineteen for textile magnate Luis Barolo, who insisted the structure mirror the cosmology of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The basement and ground floor represent Hell, the middle floors symbolize Purgatory, and the summit stands for Paradise. Its beacon still sweeps the city, once signaling the results of championship boxing matches to the public.
Palacio Barolo
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