Palace of Justice (Bucharest)

Palace of Justice

The Palace of Justice (Romanian Palatul Justiţiei ) is a listed building in Bucharest (Romania). It is located in Sector 5, on the banks of the Dâmboviţa.

History

The Palace of Justice was built between 1890-1895 by the architect Albert Ballu, who also designed the Palace of Justice in Charleroi ( Belgium) and Ion Mincu, who was responsible for the interior construction, that is, for ceilings, floors, railings, stairs and furniture.

The foundation stone of the building was laid by King Carol I of Romania personally on 7 October 1890. The king signed the act of foundation stone was laid on a parchment, sealed it with the royal seal, then left it in the foundation of the building to install and then laid the first stone of the palace itself The inauguration took place on October 4, 1895.

The building was ( German: Court of Justice ) judecătorească at the site of Curtea built.

The execution of the work was undertaken by engineer Nicolae Cuţarida. Inside the palace there is a " Hall of Lost Steps ," as in the University of Iasi Palace also. It occupies almost a quarter of the nearly 13,000 square meters of building area. The name of the " Hall of the pendulum clock " comes from the fact that there is a huge pendulum clock in this room, which dates from 1895.

The central body was built in the French Renaissance style. The central part of the facade is supported by six pillars. Under the canopy, there are six allegorical statues that symbolize (from left to right): attention, power, law, justice, eloquence and truth. They were sculpted by Karl Storck, Frederic Storck, Vladimir Hegel and George Vasilescu. Two other statues flanking the clock on the roof, denote strength and wisdom. The Palace of Justice has a basement, a ground floor, a mezzanine floor and a first floor, about 20 m above the ground, with an area of ​​approximately 27,700 m².

Gallery

Palace of Justice on the day

Palace of Justice in 1903