3D print the Libertad Palace
A free, printable model of the Libertad Palace, a large ornate block with domed pavilions, and the wide roads, parkland and buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Libertad Palace
The Libertad Palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, occupies the former Post and Telecommunications Palace and is described as the largest cultural center in Latin America. Its original role was the Buenos Aires Central Post Office, which was inaugurated in 1928. After refurbishment, it became a cultural center in 2015. It gained National Historic Monument status in 1997.
In 1889 the Ministry of Public Works hired Norbert Maillart, a French architect, to design the post office for a city block where Leandro Alem Avenue meets Corrientes Avenue. The Panic of 1890 put the project on hold, and plans came back to life in 1905. After Maillart left in 1911, his chief assistant Jacques Spolsky took over, redesigning the masonry supports as a steel-reinforced concrete structure resting on 2,882 steel pillars sunk to bedrock 10 m (33 ft) down. The inauguration came on September 28, 1928.
The eclectic design draws prominently on French Second Empire architecture. When finished, no public building in Argentina had been completed on a larger scale. It rose eight stories and 60 m (200 ft), with interior space of more than 88,000 square meters, equal to 950,000 sq ft. The central hall has marble throughout, stained glass windows, bronze sculptures and a domed ceiling four stories high. For the conversion, a team headed by the Bares siblings, Enrique, Federico and Nicolás, added glass and stainless steel spaces, including a concert hall seating 1,950 people.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 18 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 23 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 29 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Ornate facades with fine detail
- Many windows, cornices and pediments cover the walls. Print friendly adapts this fine ornament to the print scale; Full detail keeps it, which suits a larger print or a fine nozzle.
- Domed pavilions on the roofline
- A central dome with a clock face and rounded corner pavilions rise above the roofline. Print slowly with good cooling, and use layers of 0.12–0.16 mm to keep the curves smooth.
- One piece with the ground
- The Libertad Palace is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Libertad Palace takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Libertad Palace is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Libertad Palace STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Libertad Palace grows with the print: about 18 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
