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The Palace of Justice, Rome (Italian: ''Palazzo di Giustizia''), the seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Judicial Public Library, is located in the Prati district of Rome. It fronts onto the ''Piazza dei Tribunali'', the ''Via Triboniano'', the ''Piazza Cavour'', and the ''Via Ulpiano''. The huge building is popularly called in Italian the ''Palazzaccio (the bad Palace)''. ==History== Designed by the Perugia architect Guglielmo Calderini and built between 1888 and 1910, the Palace of Justice is considered one of the grandest of the new buildings which followed the proclamation of Rome as the capital city of the Kingdom of Italy.〔Touring Club Italiano, ''Collana Guida d'Italia, Roma'' (8th ed., 1993; ISBN 88-365-0508-2), pp. 672-673 (Italian)〕 The foundation stone was laid on 14 March 1888 in the presence of Giuseppe Zanardelli, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Great Seal, who had insisted on a prestigious location in the Prati district, where various other new court buildings were already going up.〔Alberto Tagliaferri, ''Guide rionali di Roma - Rione XXII Prati'' (Rome: Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1994) pp. 57-60 (Italian)〕 The alluvial soil on which the building sits required a massive concrete platform to support the foundations.〔Armando Ravaglioli, ''Roma inizio secolo'', in the series ''Roma tascabile'' (Rome: Newton Compton, 1995; ISBN 88-8183-220-8), p. 26〕 Despite this, instability problems developed after the Palace was completed, and settlement led to a need for a painstaking restoration project which was begun in 1970.〔 The excavations for the foundations unearthed several archaeological finds, including some sarcophagi. In one of these was found the skeleton of a young woman together with a superbly crafted articulated ivory doll, now conserved in the ''Antiquarium comunale''.〔 On 11 January 1911, twenty-two years after construction began, the building was officially opened in the presence of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. The building's unusually large size, astonishing decorations, and long period of construction created the suspicion of corruption.〔Guglielmo Calderini, ''Guglielmo Calderini direttore dei lavori del Palazzo di giustizia in Roma agli illustri magistrati che dovranno giudicarlo'' (Rome: Casa editrice italiana, 1909)〕 In April 1912 a parliamentary commission was appointed to inquire into the matter and it presented its findings the following year.〔''Commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta sulla spesa per la costruzione del palazzo di giustizia in Roma (Legge 4 aprile 1912, N. 317): Relazione e allegati'' (Rome: Tipografia del Senato, 1913)〕 The affair gave rise to the building's popular and pejorative nickname of ''Palazzaccio'' (''Bad Palace'').〔 Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Roma 1, foto Augusto De Luca.jpg Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Roma 2, foto Augusto De Luca.jpg Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Roma 5, foto Augusto De Luca.jpg Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Roma 6, foto Augusto De Luca.jpg Il Palazzo di Giustizia di Roma 7, foto Augusto De Luca.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palace of Justice, Rome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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