Prestige room

The city of Buenos Aires in Argentina was founded by the Basque Juan de Garay. This room evokes the capital of Argentina to bear witness to the Basque emigration that began in the 16th century and ended in the 1950s. The primogeniture law in force in the Basque Country, which granted the entire inheritance to the eldest children, prompted thousands of young Basques to set off for South America. Argentina was the country to which most of them immigrated. Ten presidents of this country are their direct descendants. Having made their fortunes, some ended up returning home and building magnificent houses. The most fabulous story is that of Monsieur Signoret, who made his fortune in Mexico by founding the Palacio de Hierro stores (equivalent to Galeries Lafayette). When her husband died, his widow returned to Ciboure and had an Art Deco masterpiece built: the Villa Leïhorra. The magic of the city of Buenos Aires and its unique 1960s poetry can be found in this piece. The letters B and A are composed of coloured discs the exact size of a vinyl record.