The Salvo Palace is an iconic skyscraper in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital. It was built on the initiative of businessmen Ángel, José and Lorenzo Salvo, with a design by Italian architect Mario Palanti, and was inaugurated on October 12, 1928. With a height of 105 meters and 31 floors, it was the tallest building in Latin America at the time and is still one of the tallest in the city. Since 1996, it has been declared a National Historic Monument.

Located at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Independencia Square, the building stands on the site of the former La Giralda coffee shop, where Gerardo Matos Rodríguez's La Cumparsita was first performed. Currently, this space houses the Museo del Tango de Montevideo (Montevideo Tango Museum).

The Salvo Palace is an example of the eclectic art deco style, which combines Renaissance, Gothic and neoclassical influences. Its particular silhouette has made it a symbol of Montevideo and a reflection of the splendor of the first decades of the 20th century. In its beginnings, the building housed a theater in the basement, where artists such as Joséphine Baker, the Lecuona Cuban Boys and Jorge Negrete performed. Today, this space is occupied by a parking lot.

The building has a basement, first floor, mezzanine, ten complete floors and fourteen floors in the tower, totaling 370 housing units. Its original design contemplated a combination of offices, a hotel and commercial premises on the first floor, with a passageway connecting Independencia Square with the current José Germán Araújo Street (formerly Andes Street). Today, the upper floors are used for housing and offices, while the first floor maintains its commercial use. Over time, many of the ornaments located on the corners were removed due to the risk of detachment.

In 1968, an antenna was installed at the highest point of the building for the transmission of Channel 4. However, due to its deterioration and the structural risks it represented, it was removed on November 14, 2012. The metal structure that supported it also prevented access to the building's observation deck, which offers a panoramic view of Montevideo. In 2013, Canal 4 undertook to dismantle the base of the antenna in order to recover this space.

On April 28, 2017, a luminous installation called "Gran Salvo" was inaugurated over the dome, as part of a restoration project that seeks to restore it to its original splendor. As part of this recovery, on July 13 of the same year, the original gates were reinstalled in the passage that connects Independence Square with José Germán Araújo Street, in addition to restoration work being carried out on the façade and on the building's large stained glass window.

In Buenos Aires, architect Mario Palanti designed a similar building, the Palacio Barolo, which was completed a few years earlier with a height of five meters less and five floors less than the Salvo. Both skyscrapers were inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, although only the Barolo was conceived as a possible mausoleum for the poet's remains. Palanti had the idea of connecting the two cities with a "bridge of light" between the lighthouses on the domes of the two buildings, but due to a miscalculation, the lights never coincided.

Palazzo Salvo has also inspired popular culture. In 2021, musician Damon Albarn included the song The Tower of Montevideo on his album The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, inspired by the building's history. In addition, the cover of his single Heavy Seas of Love shows an image of this emblematic construction.