One of the Congreso area’s most striking buildings is this 22-story concrete edifice. The building’s unique design was inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy; its height (100m) is a reference to each canto (or song), the number of its floors (22) to verses per song, and its divided structure to hell, purgatory and heaven. Finished in 1923, Palacio Barolo was BA’s highest skyscraper until the construction of Edificio Kavanagh, in Retiro. At the top is a lighthouse with an amazing 360-degree view of the city.
The only way to see Palacio Barolo is via tours; check ahead for times as they vary by the day.
