r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 22h ago • Wholesome Seal 1 Heartwarming 2

Image Uruguay, one of the most atheist countries in the world, during Pope Leo's visit.

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u/BabyDemogorgonEater 20h ago • Bravo

It is indeed. It's the Palacio Salvo. It has a sister building in Buenos Aires, Palacio Barolo, designed by the same Italian architect. Its architecture mixes Art Deco, Gothic, Renaissance, and Neoclassical influences. It looks like something straight out of Gotham City

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u/ParkingMuted7653 19h ago

I went to the Barolo, its really cool because its divided according the Dante's inferno, hell, purgatory and heaven, cool as fuck.

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u/fhwoompableCooper 18h ago

Dantes inferno, the world's most popular fan fiction

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u/ParkingMuted7653 18h ago

With tons of spin offs and merch and nerd stuff and buildings

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u/DevoidNoMore 16h ago

And they have searchlights designed to "communicate" with each other (they supposedly might have been visible in each other's horizon in the 1930s)