The Gates
The front gates, centered on the southwest corner of the intersection, were made of electrolytic bronze in Greece and consist of a twin set of five paneled vertical sides 3 meters wide by 5 meters high. The door was designed by Manuel Ocampo, inspired by the 14th Century Porta del Paradiso at the Baptistry of San Giovanni in Florence, Italy. Following the Gothic tradition, the door features chiseled bronze busts of the Fuentes, Durand, and Ferrarese. Other reliefs in the gates represent the Seasons, the Four Cardinals, the Muses and the Native Argentine. The central panels bear the monogram of the proprietor, Juan Fuentes. All the inscriptions are in Greek. The other doors on the ground floor have reliefs of the faces of former presidents of Argentina Nicolás Avellaneda and Julio Argentino Roca.
The building is on the list of works and sites of patrimonial value of the municipality of Rosario, as item 011110500.
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