Courthouse - Palazzo di Giustizia

Derived from an originary  project (80s of the twentieth century) of the architect Leonardo Ricci, a pupil of Giovanni Michelucci, the new courthouse was born with the aim of centralizing all the judicial offices (Court, Court of Appeal, Public Prosecutor's Office, Justice of Peace), first scattered in various areas of the city. Officially inaugurated in 2012, it is named after the Florentine jurist and politician Piero Calamandrei, one of the Fathers of the Italian Republic. Unmistakable for its imposing size (240 meters long and 146 wide, with 72 meters tower) it is one of the largest courthouses in Italy. The work - which has had opposing judgments between detractors and admirers - looks like a gigantic organism very moved in the articulation of the spaces, which have been gradually aggregated, and of the various materials used.