Galerías Pacífico (galeriaspacifico.com.ar; 10am-9pm) is one of the best-known shopping malls in the city. Occupying an entire city block, this beautiful building, inspired by Le Bon Marché in Paris, houses an upscale shopping center with a large food court. The architecture and frescoes inside are worth a visit on their own. Designed by architects Emilio Agrelo and Raúl Le Levacher in 1889, the most exciting thing is not the mall's range of stores but its dome of 450 sq meters decorated with murals from the mid-1940s by the outstanding Argentine painters Antonio Berni, Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Demetrio Urruchúa, Juan Carlos Castagnino and the Spaniard Manuel Colmeiro. The artwork, which bears each artist's signature, is an ode to life in the city and the birth of the great modern cities, together with the idea of progress.
Inside the shopping mall, on the corner facing Viamonte and San Martín streets, is the Centro Cultural Borges, which offers a wide range of art, theater and music programs.
