Second Most Beautiful Bookstore In The World. (+20 Pics) [ENG/ESP]

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Hello friends of Hive, I wish you have a great weekend. Today I visited El Ateneo Grand Splendid, located in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

Hola amigos de Hive, les deseo tengan un excelente fin de semana. El día de hoy visité El Ateneo Grand Splendid, ubicado en el barrio de Recoleta en Buenos Aires.

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When you enter the first thing you notice is that it is not a conventional bookstore, it is a fairly large and very beautiful building that has several boxes and a stage in the back. This is because this place was originally built to be a theater in 1903 which was called the National Theater, then in 1919 this theater changed hands, was remodeled and became known as the Grand Splendid Theater.

Al entrar lo primero que notas es que no es una librería convencional, es una edificación bastante grande y muy hermosa que tiene varios palcos y al fondo un escenario. Esto se debe a que originalmente este lugar fue construido para ser un teatro en el año 1903 el cual se llamaba Teatro Nacional, luego en el año 1919 este teatro cambió de dueño, fue remodelado y pasó a tener el nombre Grand Splendid Theater.

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In the 1920s, this place functioned for various activities such as the projection of films, musical recordings, radio, among others. But then in the 1960s he returned to his theatrical origins, producing several plays that were quite successful, at that time he had a large seating capacity for the public, reaching almost 800 people.

En los años 20 este lugar funcionaba para varias actividades como la proyección de películas, grabaciones musicales, radio, entre otras. Pero luego en los años 60 volvió a su origen teatral, produciendo varias obras que fueron bastante exitosas, en ese momento tenía una gran capacidad de asientos para el público, llegando casi a 800 personas.

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This theater was closed in the year 2000 and then it was inaugurated as Ateneo Grand Splendid, which is the name it retains until now, it currently works as a bookstore and is the largest in South America, it was also named the second most beautiful and important bookstore of the world. What I like most about this place is its main dome, this was painted by the Italian Nazareno Orlandi and the painting represents the peace that represents the end of the First World War.

Este teatro fue cerrado en el año 2000 y luego se inauguró como Ateneo Grand Splendid que es el nombre que conserva hasta ahora, actualmente funciona como librería y es la más grande de Sur América, también fue nombrada como la segunda librería más hermosa e importante del mundo. Lo que más me gusta de este lugar es su cúpula principal, esta fue pintada por el italiano Nazareno Orlandi y en la pintura se representa la paz que representa el fin de la primera guerra mundial.

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The athenaeum has books for all tastes since it has more than 200,000 books, these are organized by categories and each shelf has a sign with the name of the category to help you locate them faster. It also has a children's book section that is decorated quite nicely. Where the stage used to be, now it is a cafeteria where you can sit down to eat some sweets while you read the book of your choice and if you do not want to be in the cafeteria to enjoy your reading, on the sides of the stage are the boxes that were enabled to be used to be able to be with a little more tranquility and thus be able to read in a more enjoyable way.

El ateneo cuenta con libros para todos los gustos ya que tiene más de 200000 libros, estos están organizados por categorías y cada estante tiene un letrero con el nombre de la categoría para ayudarte a ubicarlos más rápido. También cuenta con un sector de libros para niños que está decorado bastante lindo. Donde funcionaba el escenario, ahora es una cafetería donde puedes sentarte a comer algún dulce mientras lees el libro de tu preferencia y si no quieres estar en la cafetería para poder disfrutar tu lectura, a los lados del escenario están los palcos que fueron habilitados para usarse para poder estar con un poco más de tranquilidad y así poder leer de forma mas amena.

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This is a gorgeous building! I would love to visit this place, I'm a big fan of book stores but this takes it to a whole new level.

yes, the place is totally beautiful and makes you want to buy all the books haha


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It is an amazing place! From the moment you walk in until you walk out. I would have loved to go in when it was operating as a theater and today I would love to go into the lounge for a coffee 😍

Es un lugar asombroso! Desde que entras hasta que sales. Me hubiese gustado entrar cuando funcionaba como un teatro y hoy me gustaría entrar al salón a tomar un café 😍

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