The Hotel Chile stands in the corner of Avenida de Mayo and Santiago del Estero, in the Monserrat neighbourhood of the city of Buenos Aires. It opened its doors in 1906 and was originally known as the "Hotel Lutecia". This building is a clear example of the Art Nouveau architecture which caracterized Avenida de Mayo during the first decades of the 1900´s. It was built by French architect Louis Dubois. In 1938 the hotel changes name and is thereafter known as the "Chile Hotel Romanelli". It has, unfortunately, lost one of its most distinctive features, which was its dome. Time took its toll and the dome is now lost.
