There is in Buenos Aires a beautiful and unknown passage for many that connects two important streets of the city, but what you probably didn’t know is that it is the only one that also connects you directly to the Subway. We show you the Roverano Passage.
This is the passage of Buenos Aires that connects with the subway and few know about it.
The Pasaje Roverano is of a beauty like few avenue passages, even for Avenida de Mayo, where there are incredibly beautiful historic buildings with an unparalleled architecture. Pasaje Roverano is located between Avenida de Mayo 560 and Hipólito Yrigoyen 561. Its history begins in 1878, when the brothers Ángel and Pascual Roverano built a building next to the Cabildo.
On the first floor they built a gallery with shops and on the upper floor, apartments. When in 1888, Avenida de Mayo was opened, the original building lost part of its front structure and the Roverano brothers ceded part of their land for the construction of the avenue.
The building to which this passage belongs is of neoclassical style, with a basement, a first floor used as a commercial gallery and seven floors. So far, nothing remarkable. What was really novel, still is, and is the main attraction of the Roverano Passage is that it connects directly to the Peru station of the A line.
The Pasaje Roverano has stained glass windows, curved windows and bronze carpentry of the stores that recall a golden age of the city. In addition, you will also see marble, wood and wrought iron details.
Did you know that in this hidden passage of Buenos Aires is the barbershop that Pope Francis used to frequent?
📍Avenida de Mayo 560