Saturday 5 February 2011

Palacio Barola

This astounding building was constructed in 1923 by an Italian textile magnate named Barola. The architectural details were inspired by Dante´s Divine Comedy - the lower floor is Hell, the middle Purgatory and the upper Heaven (we found the lower floors the most appealing). This is the fantastic view of the city from the balcony in ´Heaven´ but it felt hellishly scary to be perched on a tiny balcony so high up with a low ballustrade.

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