The Temple of Justice is a large building of modern style which was designed by Tommaso Valle in the 1960s on Capitol Hill in
Monrovia
Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...
,
Liberia. Dedicated in 1965,
it houses the
Supreme Court of Liberia, auxiliary courtrooms, and legal offices. It suffered relatively little damage during the
First
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and
Second civil wars that lasted from 1989–2003, but poor maintenance and lack of electricity made the Temple unpleasant to work in.
A renovation project began in 2008; among its results was a change of the building's slogan to "LET JUSTICE BE DONE TO ALL" by removing the previous final word, "MEN".
References
Buildings and structures in Monrovia
Courthouses
1960s establishments in Liberia
Government buildings completed in 1965
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