Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago, Judicial palace in Santiago, Chile.

The Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago occupies a full block-front on Compañía Street between Bandera and Morandé. Its light grey stone facade has a two-tiered portico: Doric columns below, Ionic above, crowned by a triangular pediment with a condor standing on an open book inscribed LEX. A red, white and blue flag flies from the roof.

The building was constructed between 1905 and 1930 after French architect Émile Doyère won a government design competition. Its completion marked the centralization of Chilean judicial institutions in a single location.

The caryatids holding bronze swords were made by the sculptor Coll y Pi, and a stained glass window was produced in Munich by Franz Mayer & Co. Above the entrance, a relief shows a condor standing on an open book inscribed with the word LEX, Latin for law.

The main entrance is at Compañía Street No. 1140, between Morandé and Bandera, facing Montt Varas Square. It is an active court building, so entry involves metal-detector screening; the palace first opened to the public for Heritage Day in May 2002. Visitors can see the facade, the portico with its condor and LEX relief, and the caryatids holding bronze swords from the street.

Inside the building is a three-story arcade illuminated by a glass skylight, connecting different sections through a network of corridors. This hidden sequence of spaces forms the heart of the complex and creates an unexpectedly open feel within the massive structure.