The Palacio Minetti (Spanish, Minetti Palace) is a building in Rosario, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located at one end of the pedestrian segment of Córdoba St., within the historical district known as Paseo del Siglo.
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The palace was projected in 1929 by the architects José Gerbino, Luis Schwarz and Juan Bautista Durand, who were commissioned by Domingo Minetti, a vegetable oil and mill industry businessman, for the design of new corporate headquarters for 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]
References
edit- ^ ArgentinaTuristica. Rosario - Circuitos Turísticos Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
edit- Palacio Minetti. Works and sites of patrimonial value, Municipality of Rosario.
- Works and sites of patrimonial value of the municipality of Rosario