
"Palacio" is an unexpected visit to an old hotel filled with mysterious and unsettling architectural symbols. Delving among them, the most delirious symbols turned out to be some of its 1,500 neighbors. Luis and Raúl Alaejos, uncle and nephew, arrived in Montevideo drawn by who-knows-what, and somehow ended up in one of the most extravagant buildings in the world: the Palacio Salvo.

"Palacio" is an unexpected visit to an old hotel filled with mysterious and unsettling architectural symbols. Delving among them, the most delirious symbols turned out to be some of its 1,500 neighbors. Luis and Raúl Alaejos, uncle and nephew, arrived in Montevideo drawn by who-knows-what, and somehow ended up in one of the most extravagant buildings in the world: the Palacio Salvo.
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