Buenos Aires, Argentina

Galerias Pacifico

Galerias Pacifico, Buenos Aires

A Beaux-Arts shopping arcade built between 1889 and 1891 as an elegant department store. Its glass dome shelters vivid 1940s frescoes by leading Argentine muralists, while its basement once hid a clandestine torture center during the dictatorship.

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Location

Coordinates: -34.59917, -58.37472

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