In the heart of Buenos Aires there is a Korean palace where the 19th century French architectural style merges with the oriental tradition. Discover the Bencich Palace, the porteño palace with a Korean spirit, where a cultural center operates and visit it on free guided tours.
The Palace of Buenos Aires which houses the Korean Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and you can visit it for free.
At Maipu 912 you will find the Bencich Palace, a mansion built in 1914 by architects Eduardo M. Lanús and Pablo Hary, a sample of the European influence of the time in the Buenos Aires architecture of the early twentieth century. In its beginnings, it was the residence of the Hunter family, one of the many important and wealthy families of the time.
Later, it was acquired by the Bencich brothers, renowned real estate entrepreneurs. Since 2018, this palace in Buenos Aires became the headquarters of the Korean Cultural Center, the heart of South Korean culture in Latin America.
The Bencich Palace combines an eclectic style with French style, influenced by L’École des Beaux-Arts, the dominant current in Buenos Aires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Moldings, columns, ornate ceilings and monumental staircases coexist today with objects brought from South Korea.
If you are interested in Korean culture or just curious, the Korean Cultural Center in Buenos Aires offers courses in Korean, cooking and traditional dance, as well as art workshops, festivals, film screenings and meetings on Korean literature.
How to join the guided tours at the Bencich Palace
If you take a tour of this beautiful palace you will discover that every room has something special about Korean culture. Inside the building you will see hanbok costumes, references to traditional hanok architectural design and a selection of South Korean furniture that contrasts with the Bencich Palace’s original glass moldings and chandeliers.
Guided tours of this fantastic palace and cultural center of South Korea in Buenos Aires are free but require prior registration. On these guided tours you will tour the halls of the palace and learn about its architectural history and cultural present.
These guided tours usually take place three times a month. To participate in them, you only have to register in this form, because space is limited.
📍 Address: Maipú 972, CABA