Palacio Barolo

E720305

Palacio Barolo is an iconic early 20th-century office building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, famed for its eclectic architecture inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy and once the tallest building in South America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palacio Barolo canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
office building ⓘ
architect Mario Palanti ⓘ
architectNationality Italian ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Nouveau influences ⓘ
eclecticism ⓘ
neo-Gothic ⓘ
neo-Romanesque ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus one of the most recognizable buildings on Avenida de Mayo ⓘ
client Luis Barolo ⓘ
completionDate 1923 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1919 ⓘ
coordinates approximately -34.608° latitude, -58.382° longitude ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
culturalSignificance icon of Buenos Aires skyline ⓘ
major example of early skyscraper architecture in Argentina ⓘ
designerAlsoDesigned Palacio Salvo ⓘ
designSymbolism representation of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise ⓘ
façadeMaterial reinforced concrete with decorative stone and ornamentation ⓘ
floorCount approximately 22 floors above ground ⓘ
formerTallestBuildingIn South America ⓘ
formerTallestBuildingStatusPeriod early 1920s ⓘ
hasBasements 2 ⓘ
hasCourtyard central passage and internal courtyards ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasInternalPassages yes ⓘ
hasLighthouse yes ⓘ
hasObservationDeck yes ⓘ
hasTwinBuilding Palacio Salvo in Montevideo ⓘ
linked to: Palacio Salvo
height approximately 100 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus protected historic monument of Buenos Aires ⓘ
inspiredBy Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ⓘ
lighthouseFunction rotating beacon at the top of the tower ⓘ
literaryAssociation Dante Alighieri ⓘ
locatedIn Avenida de Mayo ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ⓘ
locatedInContinent South America ⓘ
namedAfter Luis Barolo ⓘ
numberOfElevators multiple elevators ⓘ
openingDate 1923 ⓘ
primaryUse offices ⓘ
symbolicDivision lower floors as Hell, middle as Purgatory, upper as Paradise ⓘ
symbolicStoreysCount related to the 100 cantos of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
tourism offers guided tours ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avenida de Mayo → hasPart → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Monserrat → hasPart → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Hotel Castelar → near → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Avenue of May → hasPart → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Monserrat neighborhood → hasPart → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Mario Palanti → notableWork → Palacio Barolo ⓘ
Mario Palanti → designed → Palacio Barolo ⓘ