The Beautiful Buenos Aires Bookstore Inside A 100-Year-Old Theatre – Design You Trust

The Beautiful Buenos Aires Bookstore Inside A 100-Year-Old Theatre

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Situated at 1860 Santa Fe Avenue in Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires, you will find one of the most stunning bookstores in the world. Named by The Guardian as the second most beautiful bookshop in the world in 2008, El Ateneo Grand Splendid is one of the best known bookshops in Argentina.

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Designed by the architects Peró and Torres Armengol, with ceiling frescoes painted by Nazareno Orlandi and support columns sculpted by Troiano Troiani, the grand theatre first opened in May 1919 with a seating capacity of 1,050.

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In the late 1920s it was converted into a movie theatre and then retrofitted into a flagship bookstore in the year 2000.

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