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The Italian architect Mario Palanti built the Palacio Barolo on demand of textile businessman Luis Barolo between 1919 and 1922. The building is full of analogies and references to the Divine Comedy, motivated by the admiration professed by its creator Alighieri. The general division of the Palace follows the structure of the Divine Comedy, so that the Palace has three parts, like the works of Dante: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Furthermore, the structural division continues throughout an exact match and the lighthouse represents the Nine Angelic Choirs. The structure is 100 meters, the same number of songs that have the Divine Comedy and 22 are the floors, like the stanzas of the verses of this work. The construction for its time was a great innovation by the artistic use of concrete in a unique Art Deco style with reminiscent of Islamic art in India.
In 1997 this building was declared a National Historic Landmark.