Palacio Borolo

This very tall building (100 meters which is at least 21 floors), was built by Italian Borolo in 1923, and the building is celebrating 100 years!
Borolo was a Mason and a lover of Dante’s inferno. Both were design inspiration and elements he incorporated into the building. According to the story there are two levels of hell (the basements said to be filled with Masonic symbols that would give Dan Brown many stories ideas), 12 levels of something else I can’t remember and the other levels are heaven. Obviously, I need to listen better during the tour, and I should probably read Dante. The architecture is really cool. The lower levels are ornate and the upper levels (the heaven part where you have left all earthly possessions behind) are very plain.
The very top is a lighthouse type structure, complete with a light, that is illuminated at 22:00 (10:00) for 15 minutes. Apparently the light was confusing to ships in the harbor thus the short time of lighting. We climbed to the very top. The view was awesome!!Read more