Palacio Barolo is supposed to be a manifestation of 'the divine comedy' and as a result the Ground and basement floors are supposed to be hell, the first to 14th floors pergatory and the the top (15-22) -Heaven. 'Hell' (-2 - Ground) was originally the owners workshops, where his workers slaved away at thier looms in the basement. The ground floor was open to the public housed a few shops. The first floor (in 'purgatory') was where barolo's office was, with his own private elevator, bypassing the public level -down to the factory floor. The rest was rented office space from the start. (I guess it cost more to have an office in heaven..) Up on the roof, in 'heaven' there is a lighthouse originally intended to communicate with its sister building in Uruguay the Palacio Salvo. Unfortunately this was never possible as the architect failed to account for the curvature of the earth. Nowdays they turn it on every month on the 25th.
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