2017 Santiago de Chile - Edificio de los Tribunales de Justicia

The Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago (English: ''Courts of Justice Palace of Santiago'') is the

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housing the Supreme Court of Chile, the Court of Appeals of Santiago, and the Court-martial Court of the

Chilean Army The Chilean Army ( es, Ejército de Chile) is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts) is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade. In recent years, and ...

Chilean Air Force "With full speed to the stars" , colours = Indigo White , colours_label = , march = Alte Kameraden , mascot = , anniversaries = 21 March ...

and

Carabineros de Chile ( en, Carabiniers of Chile) are the Chilean national law enforcement police, who have jurisdiction over the entire national territory of the Republic of Chile. Created in 1927, their mission is to maintain order and enforce the laws of Chile. T ...

. It occupies a full block-front of Compañía Street between Bandera and Morandé Streets. The building diagonally faces the Palacio de la Real Aduana, which houses the

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art ( es, Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino) is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America. The museum is located in the city centre ...

, and Montt Varas Square sits in front. The building, which is opposite the

Ex Congreso Nacional The Former National Congress Building (''ex Congreso Nacional'') is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's milit ...

, was built in two phases between 1905 and 1930 in the

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. The earlier, the western portion of the building, was completed in 1911. The main entrance to the building is framed by a two-tiered portico that is supported by one-story-high Doric columns on the lower level and two-story-high Ionic columns on the upper level. The portico is crowned by a triangular

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedim ...

containing the figure of a

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standing on an open book with the word LEX (Latin for law) sculpted over it. The building has a three-story

arcade Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware ** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games * ...

, which is parallel to the main facade and features a glass skylight. Ornamental details include

caryatid A caryatid ( or or ; grc, Καρυᾶτις, pl. ) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term ''karyatides'' literally means "ma ...

s holding bronze swords made by the sculptor Coll y Pi and a stained glass window made in

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by Franz Mayer & Co.

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* {{coord, 33, 26, 20.93, S, 70, 39, 11.14, W, type:landmark, display=title Buildings and structures in Santiago Courthouses Baroque Revival architecture in Chile