The Galería Güemes is a commercial gallery located on

Florida Street Florida Street ( es, Calle Florida) is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913. The pedestrian section as such starts at the intersection ...

in the city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

designed in the art nouveau style by Italian architect

Francisco Gianotti Francesco Gianotti (''Francisco'' in Spanish; April 4, 1881February 13, 1967) was an Italian architect who designed many important Art Nouveau buildings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Born in 1881 in Lanzo, near Turin, Italy, he graduated as an arc ...

in 1913.

Gallery

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References

* Antoine de Saint-Exupéry lived here in 1931, with a seal in his bathtub. In his room in the gallery, wrote the book '' Night Flight''. * Julio Cortázar in his story ''El otro cielo'', included in his book '' Todos los fuegos el fuego'', imagined together the Guemes and Parisian galleries

Vivienne Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine ''Vivianus'' and feminine '' Viviana'', which survived into modern use because it is the n ...

, to both circulate the same air, the air they breathe fantasy the two cities of your life.

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galeria Guemes Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires Tourist attractions in Buenos Aires Commercial buildings completed in 1913 Art Nouveau architecture in Buenos Aires Art Nouveau retail buildings 1913 establishments in Argentina