This absolutely colossal bookstore is the pearl of Buenos Aires and is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world
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Buenos Aires made its own reputation of being sexy, passionate, modern, European like cosmopolitan city. The city is boasting with wonderful architecture, fantastic activities and vibrant night life. But there is another side of this vibrant city.
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Fans of traditional books, with a scent of fresh printed pages, wooden and creative covers, who love turning the pages and listen to its sounds will never miss a chance to visit one of the oldest and most spectacular bookstores located inside the old theater on 1860 Santa Fe Avenue in Barrio Norte.
The architecture of the theater designed by Piero and Torres Armengol will fascinate you with beautiful frescoes on its ceiling and sculpted columns holding this enormous piece of art.
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The first opening of the former theater occurred in May 1919 and could hold up to 1, 050 people.
Later on there was a try to transform this artwork into movie theater and finally not so long time ago, just in 2000 the theater got a new function of serving another sort of art – the books.
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Interesting fact: the recent study revealed that the amount of bookstores in Buenos Aires per each local is much higher than any other city in the world, which makes this city not only the home for classy and passionate tango, but also a place where education and enlightening are in blossom.
Every year the bookstore opens its door for over a million of visitors either looking for their book, or just admiring the beauty of the building and experiencing the flashback in time.
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