Galerías Pacífico is a

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, located at the intersection of

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

and Córdoba Avenue.

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The Beaux Arts building was designed by the architects Emilio Agrelo and Roland Le Vacher in 1889 to accommodate a shop called the ''Argentine Bon Marché'', modelled on the Le Bon Marché in

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. In 1896 part of the building was transformed into the first home for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and in 1908 the British-owned Buenos Aires and Pacific railway company acquired part of the building for offices. The company's name derived from the fact that its intention was to operate a train service linking

and

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, thereby giving access to the

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. From that time onwards the building became known as ''Edificio Pacífico''.

Torture chamber

In 1987, a film crew uncovered an abandoned

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center in the basement of the building that had been used during the

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Catalogue of MonumentsGalerías Pacífico Pics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Galerias Pacifico Shopping malls in Buenos Aires National Historic Monuments of Argentina Torture in Argentina Commercial buildings completed in 1889 Shopping malls established in 1991 San Nicolás, Buenos Aires 1991 establishments in Argentina

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Torture chamber

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