Centro Cultural Justiça Federal, Cultural center in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Centro Cultural Justiça Federal occupies the former headquarters of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, a building begun in 1905 and inaugurated on 3 April 1909. Its eclectic facade mixes French classicism with Gothic-style rectangular windows and French Renaissance balustrades. Inside, visitors find a Carrara marble and wrought-iron Art Nouveau staircase, monumental entrance doors carved by Manoel Ferreira Tunes, and a main stained-glass window painted by Rodolfo Amoedo.

Construction began in 1905 under mayor Pereira Passos as part of Rio's urban reform, and the building was first planned as the archbishopric. It was acquired for the Supreme Federal Court, which was inaugurated here on 3 April 1909. The court occupied it until 1960, when the capital moved to Brasília; after seven years of restoration it reopened as a cultural centre on 4 April 2001.

The building's name comes from its judicial past: it housed the Supreme Federal Court until 1960, and the old session room keeps its 1920 peroba and pau-roxo furniture, portraits of jurists and stained glass by Casa Conrado. The library has been open to the public since 2004, and the centre also runs a cinema, the Cine Cultural Justiça Federal.

The building is in downtown Rio de Janeiro, near Cinelândia. The library opens Tuesday to Friday, from noon to 7 pm, and has been public since 2004. The center has a café and a small shop. The former Supreme Court session room keeps its 1920 peroba and pau-roxo furniture.

The building was first planned as the seat of Rio's archbishopric, but was acquired instead for the Supreme Federal Court, which opened here on 3 April 1909. The former session hall keeps its 1920 peroba and pau-roxo furniture and portraits of jurists on the walls.