The ornate passage
Under the domes.
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The Galería Güemes is an Art Nouveau building in the heart of Buenos Aires, opened on 15 December 1915, crossed by a 116-metre pedestrian passage linking Florida and San Martín streets, lined with shops on two levels beneath two tall halls with round domes. The Italian architect Francesco Gianotti designed it; it was Argentina's first building made entirely of reinforced concrete, and many call it the country's first skyscraper. At first it was a small city: offices, luxury apartments, restaurants and a theatre. Today visitors come for its ornate domed passage and for a rooftop viewpoint on the fourteenth floor, reached by lift and then a narrow spiral stair, with a 360-degree view over the city's domes, the Palacio Barolo and Congress. The passage is free to walk; the viewpoint is visited at set weekday times with a staff member, for a fee. The spiral stair is not wheelchair-accessible.
Under the domes.
City domes.
A 1915 gem.
Florida 165, central Buenos Aires
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