Peace Palace
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Key facts
- Type
- International courthouse
- Architectural style
- Neo-Renaissance
- Location
- The Hague , Netherlands
- Coordinates
- 52°05′12″N 4°17′44″E / 52.0866°N 4.2955°E / 52.0866; 4.2955
- Current tenants
- International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Groundbreaking
- 1907 ; 119 years ago ( 1907 )
- Opened
- 28 August 1913 ; 112 years ago ( 1913-08-28 )
- Cost
- US$1.5 million ($50,000,000, adjusted for inflation)
- Affiliation
- United Nations
- Architect
- Louis M. Cordonnier
- Architecture firm
- J.A.G. van der Steur
- Awards and prizes
- European Heritage Label
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Vredespaleis, Den Haag, L. Cordonnier | Architectuurgids
Vredespaleis, Den Haag, L. Cordonnier - Architectuurgids op Architectuur.ORG
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- courthouse
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- The Hague
- Founded by
- Andrew Carnegie
- Official website
- www.vredespaleis.nl
- Image
- Friedenspalast Den Haag (100MP).jpg
- Height
- 80
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- Commons Institution page
- Peace Palace, The Hague
- Commons category
- Peace Palace
- Commons gallery
- Peace Palace
- architectural style
- Renaissance Revival architecture
- inception
- 1905-00-00
- officially opened by
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
- heritage designation
- Rijksmonument
- time of earliest written record
- 1907-00-00
- date of official opening
- 1913-08-28
- social media followers
- 1891
- native label
- Vredespaleis
- described at URL
- www.architectuur.org/bouwwerk/841/Vredespaleis.html
- street address
- Carnegieplein 2, Landgoed Zorgvliet, Den Haag
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Encyclopedic overview
The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis [ˈvreːdəspaːˌlɛis]; The Hague dialect: Freidespalès [ˈfʁeidəspaːˌlɛːs]) is an international law administrative building in The Hague, Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), The Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library.
The palace officially opened on 28 August 1913; it was built to provide a courthouse for the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a court created to end war by the Hague Convention of 1899. In addition to its function as the headquarters of the Permanent Court of Arbitration since 1913 and of the International Court of Justice since 1946, the palace continues to serve as the Courts' main hearing facilities and hosts dozen of hearings each year.
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