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[cavemanrich]

 

[cavemanrich]

 

[EmmaDonovan]

El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's considered one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

 

[cavemanrich]

El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's considered one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

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Looks like it once was a theatre.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Looks like it once was a theatre.

Good eye, it was! It opened as Teatro Gran Splendid in 1919. It was renovated as a bookstore in 2000. The theatre boxes are used as customer seating and that's a café at the back of what was the stage.

 

[cavemanrich]

 

[EmmaDonovan]

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

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Thats beautiful!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

 

[EmmaDonovan]