Palacio Salvo (English: Salvo Palace ) is a building at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia in Montevideo , Uruguay . It was designed by the architect Mario Palanti , an Italian immigrant living in Buenos Aires , who used a similar design for his Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires , Argentina . Finished in 1928, Palacio Salvo stands 100 m (330 ft) high with the antenna included. It was the tallest building in Latin America for a brief period.
7-659: The site was bought by the Salvo brothers for 650,000 Uruguayan pesos. It was built on the site where the Confiteria La Giralda was once located, a place renowned for being where Gerardo Matos Rodríguez wrote his tango La Cumparsita in 1917. At present, on that same historic site, inside Palacio Salvo, the Tango Museum of Montevideo is open to the public, and exhibits the history of La Cumparsita and of Uruguayan Tango . The original specifications, describing
14-625: A hotel, but this plan did not work out, and it has since been occupied by a mixture of offices and private residences. The building has a height of 95 m (312 ft). While the set of antennas was at its top, its total height was 100 m (330 ft). The antennas were permanently removed in November 2012. This article about a Uruguayan building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gerardo Matos Rodr%C3%ADguez Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948), also known as Becho ,
21-449: A short time afterwards. Other tangos composed by him include: “Che papusa, oí”, “Son grupos”, “Yo tuve una novia”, “Cuando bronca el temporal”, “Hablame”, “Pobre corazón”, “Haceme caso a mí”, “Canto por no llorar”, “Rosa reseca”, “Botija linda”, “El pescador”, “Te fuiste, ¡ja, ja!”, “Adiós Argentina”, “Mi provinciana”, “La milonga azul”, “Dale celos”, “Raspail”, “Mocosita”, “La muchacha del circo”, and “San Telmo”. Rodríguez collaborated with
28-642: Is " La Cumparsita ", written by Matos Rodríguez in 1916, with lyrics added later by Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro Maroni . Roberto Firpo , director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song, added parts of his tangos "La Gaucha Manuela" and "Curda Completa" to Matos' carnival march, resulting in "La Cumparsita". Matos Rodríguez also composed pieces for theater plays premiered in Buenos Aires , among them Manuel Romero 's El Gran Circo Rivolta . He led his own tango orchestra in Montevideo for
35-712: The Wayback Machine . It became one of the most recognizable tango pieces, though Matos was initially too shy to play the piece himself and it became well known through the performance of others. He travelled widely throughout Europe and stayed in Paris for a time, as well as working as Uruguayan consul to Germany. In 1931, he collaborated on the film score for Luces de Buenos Aires , shot in Joinville-le-Pont , France, and starring renowned tango vocalist Carlos Gardel . The most famous classic tango of all times
42-415: The details of the construction, describe a lighthouse at the top of the building, which was replaced by a set of antennas. The specifications stated “on the top part of the tower a lighthouse will be placed made by Salmoiraghi of Italy, with a parabolic mirror of 920 mm (36 in), reaching approximately 100 km (62 mi), and a rotating 100 amp lamp.” The building was originally intended to be
49-616: Was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist. Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez was born in Montevideo , the son of the owner of the Moulin Rouge , a popular local cabaret. He studied architecture, but did not complete the course. He began composing as a young student in 1917, and his first known work was " La Cumparsita ", which he wrote on the piano of the Federación de Estudiantes of Uruguay [1] Archived April 20, 2014, at
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