Palais de Justice (Paris)
The Palais de Justice de Paris ( German Palace of Justice ) is an architectural ensemble in the 1st arrondissement, on the Ile de la Cité; it takes about one third of the area of the island and is home to the main institutions of the French courts. The Palais is limited:
- In the north, from the Quai de l' Horloge
- To the east of the Boulevard du Palais
- In the south, from the Quai des Orfèvres
- To the west of the Rue de Harlay
History
At the site, stands at the now the Palais de Justice, the Palais de la Cité, the royal residence in Paris from the 10th to the 14th century was formerly, of which only the Conciergerie and the Sainte -Chapelle were preserved.
When King Charles V ruled the Palais de la Cité to the Hôtel Saint -Paul swap, he brought in the discontinued palace under his administration: the Parlement, the Chambre des Comptes (Court of Auditors ) and the law firm. In 1776, under King Louis XVI. , Parts of the building fell between the Conciergerie and the Sainte -Chapelle by fire. The facade of the Cour de Mai, the main entrance of the palace, was rebuilt 1783-1786. During the French Revolution, on 6 April 1793 to 31 May 1795, the palace was the seat of the Revolutionary Tribunal
At the time of restoration of the Palais de Justice, a new dimension, as processes won just as important as political debates were. New offices were created and the premises ranged from no more soon, so first work started. The July Monarchy prompted a further expansion of the palace. Jean -Nicolas Huyot was commissioned to carry out the expansion by a majestic building. 1840 were appointed after the death of Louis Joseph Huyots Duc and Honoré Daumet to complete the project. King Louis Philippe did not live to complete in office, which remained Napoléon III. Reserved - however only towards the end of his reign: The final works were in progress, as the Second Empire collapsed. A fire on May 24, 1871 so at the time of the Paris Commune, destroyed nearly a quarter century of work. Years later was Daumet ( Duc died in 1879 ) was appointed architect of the Palais, the reconstruction began in 1883.
The Palais de Justice today
Even today, the Palais de Justice is one of the nerve centers of the French judicial system, as it is the Cour de cassation ( Court of Cassation ), the highest authority houses. The Cour d' Appel de Paris ( Court of Appeal ) resides here as well as the Tribunal de Grande Instance. The proximity to the Direction régional de la police judiciaire de la Préfecture de Police, who occupied the building on the Quai des Orfèvres, facilitates communication between the executive and the judiciary.
The relocation of cramped in the Palais de Justice, the Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) in a specially to be constructed for this building with an area of 115,000 m² is for several years in the conversation. In order to make this project a goal that " Établissement public du palais de justice de Paris" ( EPPJP ) was founded. On 25 January 2005, the government of Prime Minister Raffarin decided that at issue in the opening up of the area ( ZAC ) Paris Rive Gauche three campuses Austerlitz, Tolbiac and Masséna the Tolbiac site to be preferred. In contrast, where the Paris mayor and Serge blisko, mayor of the 13th arrondissement objection, since there is to ensure through the construction of 1,000 homes and the construction of a 2-hectare garden connecting the newly developed area to the existing fabric of the old quarter. They argued for in the city limits périphérique in the west of the multi-lane boulevard in the east bounded by the busy boulevards of Maréchaux location Masséna and let this present that is already planning the TGI in the past, a design by the architect Yves Lion Draguignan and TGI in Lyon had been commissioned. The magistrate initially refused the urban project with a reference to the missing links to the public transport network and said in November 2006 was against the move from. Nevertheless, the EPPJP wrote in the spring of 2007, an international competition for Tolbiac. Among the 200 participants were awarded on 27 November 2007: Josep Foses (Spain ), Pacôme Bommier (3 Box, France ), and Fernando Donis and Katrin Betschinger (Netherlands). In February 2008, the chairman of the tribunal asked to stop all projects and are considering a move in the near Palace of Justice is moved hospital building, the Hôtel -Dieu, whose activities are to be reduced in the future by 80%. In November, the TGI saw finally forced to build a makeshift audience hall at the entrance of the Palace of Justice in respect of two forthcoming processes. The costs amounted to € 600,000.