  In no other epoch of Western history like in the Middle Ages, cosmology was
so key an element of culture and, one way or another, the motion of the heavens
ended up impregnating the literature of that time. Among the most noteworthy
poets we find Dante Alighieri, who became famous for his Commedia, a monumental
poem written roughly between 1307 and his death in 1321, and which the critics
from XVIth century onwards dubbed Divina. In this and other works, Dante
pictures the cosmic image for the world, summing up the current trends of
Neoplatonic and Islamic traditions. The Barolo Palace in the city of Buenos
Aires is a singular combination of both astronomy and the worldview displayed
in Dante's poetic masterpiece. Some links of the Palace's main architectural
structure with the three realms of the Comedy have been studied in the past. In
this note we consider its unique astronomical flavor, an issue which has not
been sufficiently emphasized yet.
