Brussels - Palais de Justice 1932 RP postcard stamp
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 33021084
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 411
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1694)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Sun 24 Oct 2010 14:51:05 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Postcard
- Picture / Image: Bruxelles - Palais de Justice - looks like real photo
- Publisher: Ern. Thill, Bruxelles series
- Postally used: yes
- Stamp: Belgium 1f
- Postmark(s): Bruxelles 26 June 1932 cds
- Sent to: Miss K. Barnes, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Hants.
- Notes & Key words:
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Postage & Packing:
UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p
Europe: £1.60
Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75
No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).
Payment Methods:
UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order
Outside UK: PayPal or Google Checkout ONLY please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).
NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:
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The Law Courts of Brussels or Brussels Palace of Justice (Dutch: 
Justitiepaleis (help·info), French: Palais de Justice) is the most important Court building in Belgium and is a notable landmark of Brussels. It was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style by architect Joseph Poelaert. The total cost of the construction, land and furnishings was somewhere in the region of 45 million Belgian francs. It is the biggest building constructed in the 19th century.[1]
1860, an international architecture contest was organised for the design of the Palace of Justice. The designs entered in the contest were found to be unacceptable and were thus rejected. The then minister of justice Tesch appointed Joseph Poelaert to design the building in 1861. The first stone was laid on October 31, 1866, the building was only after the death of its architect inaugurated on October 15, 1883. For the building of the Palace of Justice, a large part of the city quarter of the Marollen was demolished. The inhabitants were forced to move by Poelaert and the police. The word architect became one of the most serious insults in Brussels.[2] The Palace's location is on the Galgenberg hill, where in the Middle Ages convicted criminals were hanged.[2]
At the end of the Second World War, on the eve of the liberation of Brussels, the retreating Germans started a fire in the Palace of Justice in order to destroy it. As a result, the cupola collapsed and part of the building was heavily damaged. By 1947 most of the building was repaired and the cupola was rebuilt two and a half meters higher than the original.
Starting in 2003, renovations have begun on the building. These renovations pertain to the repair and strengthening of the roof structure and the walls as well as putting a new layer on the gilded cupola.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 33021084 |
| Start Time | Sun 24 Oct 2010 14:51:05 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 411 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
