Palace of Justice

The Palace of Justice is the seat of the Supreme Court of . The Neo-Renaissance building erected from 1875 to 1881 is located in the Austrian capital on Schmerlingplatz, a square near the Ringstraße boulevard in the central district of .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: building in Vienna
  • Also known as: Palace of Justice, Vienna

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Volkstheater and Mumok.

Theater building
The in was founded in 1889 by request of the citizens of Vienna, amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Thonet, in order to offer a popular counter weight to the Hofburgtheater. is situated 180 metres south of Palace of Justice.

Museum
, officially the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, is a museum in the Museumsquartier in , . The museum has a collection of 10,000 modern and contemporary art works, including major works from Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. is situated 330 metres south of Palace of Justice.

The is an area of 9 ha in the of the city of , . is situated 400 metres south of Palace of Justice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Ulrich and Josefstadt.

Suburb
is a suburb.

is the 8th district of . It is bounded on the north side by Alser Straße, by the "2er Linie" on the east, Lerchenfelder Straße on the south, and the Gürtel on the west.

is the 7th district of . Its border to the south is the popular Mariahilfer Strasse, to the west the Gürtel, and to the north Lerchenfelder Straße. The district contains many artsy places like the Museumsquartier.

Palace of Justice

Latitude
48.2067° or 48° 12′ 24″ north
Longitude
16.3577° or 16° 21′ 28″ east
Elevation
193 metres (633 feet)
Open location code
8FWR6945+M3
Geo­Names ID
6944024
Wiki­data ID
Q876884
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Palace of Justice” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قصر العدل (فيينا)
  • Arabic: قصر العدل
  • Catalan: Palau de Justícia, Viena
  • Chinese: 維也納司法宮
  • French: Palais de Justice
  • Galician: Palacio de Xustiza de Viena
  • German: Justizpalast
  • Indonesian: Istana Kehakiman, Wina
  • Japanese: 最高裁判所
  • Russian: Венский дворец юстиции
  • Russian: Дворец правосудия Вены
  • Russian: Дворец юстиции в Вене
  • Spanish: Justizpalast
  • Spanish: Palacio de Justicia
  • Turkish: Justizpalast

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