It is the Ceci Palace, in the Devoto neighborhood, to which the Buenos Aires government will allocate $500 million to bid for its modernization
For Andres Sanguinetti
01/03/2023 – 2:15 p.m.
French in style but with certain Italian reminiscences, due to the origin of its previous owners, in Devoted Villa survives a mysterious palace that could be the headquarters of the next Wine District that the government of the Buenos aires city intends to install in that neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
Its about Ceci Palacewhich is located on the street Lincoln at 4300in front of the traditional Plaza Arenales and a couple of blocks from the gastronomic pole developed in the area in recent years by the hand of great references such as betular; Kitchen Paradise; Dandy; Rapanui and Negroniamong other brands.
The administration that guides Horacio Rodriguez Larreta It is now trying to value this building based on a call for tenders to modernize its facilities and, according to private sources, turn it into the headquarters of the already named Paseo del Vino that seeks to establish Devoto in the style of the routes of this drink that exist in provinces like Mendoza; San Juan or Salta.
With this objective, the call for those interested in participating in this event has just been published in the Official Gazette of Buenos Aires. bidding process which has as its objective “the enhancement and technological adaptation of Palacio Ceci”, with a budget close to $500 million.
Ceci Palace: its history
Previously, in 1938 it had been rented to the Ministry of Education, which established School No. 28 there, which bears the name of the country’s first sign language teacher.
But historically it was the residence of Alfredo Ceci and his four brothers who arrived in the country of Italy in 1885, more precisely from the city of Camerano, in the province of Ancona and in 1913 they built this emblematic palace.
The Ceci Palace is located at 4300 Lincoln Street, in front of the traditional Arenales square.
In fact, it has baroque and renaissance elements; Carrara marble throughout its construction and a fresco on the ceiling that symbolizes Bacchus, the God of Wine, which gives him the imprint of a European mansion from the beginning of the 20th century.
In addition, it has 30 rooms; a stable, and served as the residence of the Ceci family, who in addition to having been responsible for its construction, were also responsible for other emblematic Devoto buildings such as the headquarters of the Conciliar Seminary; the church San Vicente de Paul; the Nuestra Señora del Huerto temple; the Basilica of San Antonio and the House of the Sisters of Mercy.
