Palacio Salvo

Infobox building
building_name = Salvo Palace
native_building_name= Palacio Salvo

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caption = Palacio Salvo
former_names =
building_type = Offices and apartments
architectural_style = Eclectic
structural_system =
location = Plaza Independencia, Montevideo (URU)
owner = Palacio Salvo S.A. (Condominium)
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start_date = 1925
completion_date = 1928
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height = 95 metres (100 with the antenna)
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floor_count = 27
floor_area =
main_contractor =
architect = Mario Palanti
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Palacio Salvo (English: "Salvo Palace") is a building in Montevideo, Uruguay, located at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia. It was designed by the architect Mario Palanti, an Italian immigrant living in Buenos Aires, who used a similar design for his Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Finished in 1925, Palacio Salvo stands 100 metres high with the antenna included and was the tallest building in South America at the time. Fact|date=September 2007

It was built on the site where the Confiteria La Giralda was once located, a place renowned for being where Gerardo Matos Rodríguez wrote his tango La Cumparsita, in 1917. [ [http://www.jaimegorenstein.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1099&Itemid=1090 Buscando la Verdad - La Cumparcita] at [http://www.jaimegorenstein.com jaimegorenstein.com] ]

The building was originally intended to function as a hotel, possibly mixed with some private residential units. This did not work out, and it never functioned as a hotel. There is now a mixture of offices and private residences in the building. [cite book
last=
first=
authorlink=Mimi Bohm
coauthors=
title=Buenos Aires, Art Nouveau
year= 2005
publisher=Ediciones Xavier Verstraeten
location= Buenos Aires
isbn=]

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