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Law Courts of Brussels

For the building of the Palace of Justice, a section of the Marollen neighbourhood was demolished, while most of the park belonging to the House of Mérode was also expropriated.

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Although lacking the dome and being much smaller, the Justice Palace in Lima in Peru, which houses the Supreme Court of Peru, is based upon the Brussels Palace of Justice.

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There is a well-known story that Adolf Hitler was reportedly fond of the building, although there are no written evidence of it and it may have been fabricated.

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