Palazzo di Giustizia
The Palazzo di Giustizia ( German Palace of Justice ) in Rome is located in the Prati district on the banks of the Tiber . It is right next to the Castel Sant'Angelo . The building called Palazzaccio (roughly: "ugly swanky palace") by the Romans was built between 1888 and 1910. Huge blocks of Roman travertine (sedimentary rock made of limestone) were brought from Tivoli and built. The purpose of the colossal building was to unite the various courts of justice, some of which previously resided in the Palazzo Montecitorio , in one building. Today the palace houses the Italian Court of Cassation ( Corte Suprema di Cassazione ), which in its function roughly corresponds to the German Federal Court of Justice .
The government's goal was to build a monumental palace to celebrate the establishment of the Italian national state in 1870. The tender was run by the then Italian Minister of Justice, Giuseppe Zanardelli . In many places in Europe, similar monumental judicial buildings conceptually based on the model of the Parisian Palais de Justice were built (e.g. Brussels , Vienna , Munich , Cologne ).
The winner of the architecture competition in 1884 was Guglielmo Calderini , who had designed an eclectic building. The site selected was a newly created road towards a new Tiber bridge, now at the end of Ponte Umberto I . However, the location on the river and the swampy terrain contributed to the escalating construction costs and the overly long construction period of 22 years. Due to foundation problems , statics errors and archaeological excavations in the meantime , there were repeated delays in the construction of the building.
The square in front of the palace is called Piazza dei Tribunali ("Square of the Courts") and combines elements of Renaissance and Neoclassicism with baroque statues and similar decorations. Behind the Palace of Justice is the Piazza Cavour with a statue of the first Italian Prime Minister Camillo Benso von Cavour .
Web links
- Description on roma2000.it (English)
- Picture with description (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavarian State Ministry of Justice : 100 Years of the Munich Palace of Justice: 1897–1997 . Online publication, Munich 2004, pp. 6-7.
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 14.8 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 13.6" E