- Palacio Minetti
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 asPaseo 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 redgranite and a tall white façade ornamented with uniformrhomboid s. At the top there is a steppedpyramid , crowned by bronze statues of two women holding a torch. [ArgentinaTuristica. [http://www.argentinaturistica.com/informa/rosicircuitostur.htm Rosario - Circuitos Turísticos] .]Rosario patrimonial value|building|011081400 [Rosario patrimonial value item|Palacio Minetti|463|1885|]
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