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Encyclopedia > Palais de Justice

Palais de Justice (literally Palace of Justice) is French for "Hall of Justice".


See: Paris Hall of Justice for the one in Paris.


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Paris Hall of Justice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (147 words)
The Paris Hall of Justice (Palais de Justice de Paris) is located in the Île de la Cité in central Paris, France.
It is built on the location of the former royal palace of Saint Louis, from which the Sainte Chapelle still remains.
The Conciergerie is notable in part because Marie Antoinette was imprisoned there before being executed on the guillotine.
ology dot org: writings: paris 1997 travelogue (5 of 12) (1031 words)
The Palais du Justice is one of the few monuments we saw that is also a working administration building.
Chapelle, which is next to the Palais du Justice (if I recall correctly, we had to endure the metal detectors because St. Chapelle is in the same courtyard), is a gorgeous old chapel.
Finally, the last major sight of the day was the Arc de Triomphe, which I found to be particularly impressive.
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