Palace of Justice (Palacio de Justicia de Lima) description and photos - Peru: Lima (Topic)

Palace of Justice (Palacio de Justicia de Lima) description and photos - Peru: Lima. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Palacio de Justicia de Lima.

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The Palace of Justice is the main seat of the Supreme Court of Peru and a symbol of the judiciary. It is located in the center of Lima, opposite the Alley of Naval Heroes. The idea of building a palace appeared during the reign of Augusto Legui. The construction of the building was completed 10 years later, during the reign of the new President Oscar Benavides, in 1939.

At the entrance to the building of the Palace of Justice, there are two marble lions on both sides of the main staircase. According to folk tradition, the inhabitants of Peru, honoring the strength and wisdom of tigers and lions, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries tried to decorate their palaces and parks with statues. After the war in the Pacific (1979-1883), only a small part of them remained in their places, the bulk of the marble lion statues were transported to Paseo Colon Avenue in the center of Lima.

The neoclassical facade of the building was designed by Polish architect Bruno Paprowski, who was inspired by the Palais de Justice, built in Brussels (Belgium) by architect Joseph Poulart in an eclectic style with Greco-Roman dome elements. On the day of the opening of the Palace of Justice in Lima in 1939, a commemorative bronze medal was minted with an imprint of the general view of the Palace of Justice, which bears some resemblance to the Palacio del Congreso de la Nazz in Buenos Aires.

С the growth and development of the state, most of the courts were forced to settle in other premises. Currently, the Palace of Justice houses only the Supreme Court, the Criminal Division of the Judicial District of Lima, the Archives (in the basement of the building), the Lima Bar Association and several criminal courts of first instance in Peru.

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