Palacio Minetti
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The Palacio Minetti (Spanish, Minetti Palace) is a building in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located at one end of the pedestrian segment of Córdoba St., within the historical district known as Paseo del Siglo.
The palace was projected in 1929 by the architects José Gerbino, Luis Schwarz and Juan Bautista Durand, upon a request from Domingo Minetti, a vegetable oil and mill industry businessman, to be the seat of Minetti y Compañía. It was built by Candia y Cía., and finished around 1931.
The building is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco in the city. Its structure is based on a portal with four columns in red granite and a tall white façade ornamented with uniform rhomboids. At the top there is a stepped pyramid, crowned by bronze statues of two women holding a torch. [1]
The building is on the list of works and sites of patrimonial value of the municipality of Rosario, as item 011081400. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ ArgentinaTuristica. Rosario - Circuitos Turísticos.
- ^ Palacio Minetti. Works and sites of patrimonial value, Municipality of Rosario.
