Palazzo di Giustizia, Government palace in Salerno, Italy.
Palazzo di Giustizia stands on Corso Garibaldi, almost opposite Palazzo Santoro, between Salerno's two main streets. Built between 1931 and 1939 to a design by engineer Guido Quercia, revising Camillo Guerra's initial plan, it has a Fascist-era style drawing on Roman imperial imagery, with austere furnishings and a large hall known as the Salone dei Marmi.
The building was constructed between 1931 and 1939 under architect Guido Quercia's direction, replacing an earlier structure. The previous building had served as a detention facility for Austrian prisoners during World War I.
The Salone dei Marmi, the building's main hall, has hosted exhibitions. Outside, in front of the main facade, stands a bronze statue of Giovanni Amendola, sculpted and cast by Gaetano Chiaromonte in 1949. The statue was placed there in the post-war period.
The building is located along Corso Garibaldi and is easily visible from the street. Note that judicial functions have been relocated to a new judicial complex on Via Dalmazia since 2019.
The building's Salone dei Marmi, the main hall, has hosted art exhibitions, a use that continued after the courts moved out. The 1944 transfer from Brindisi brought both the Ministry of Grace and Justice and the Supreme Court of Cassation here, making Salerno a temporary legal capital of liberated Italy.
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