The Piria Palace ( Spanish : Palacio Piria ) is the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Uruguay . Located on the south side of the Plaza de Cagancha in Montevideo , on the Human Rights Passage, it was declared a National Historical Monument in 1975. In front of its main entrance is the Monument to Justice, a work by Rafael Lorente Mourelle .
6-614: The construction of the building was projected by the Uruguayan businessman and philanthropist Francisco Piria in 1917 as a family residence. The design was carried out by the French architect Camille Gardelle , a former student of the Beaux-Arts de Paris . Piria resided in the building until his death in 1933. In 1943, then president-elect Juan José de Amézaga leased the property as his private residence. On January 5, 1954, through Law No. 12,090,
12-704: The French Riviera. In 1912, the first auction of lots in Piriápolis was held and, from then on, the city began to grow with the construction of numerous villas. He also made a big house called the Piria Castle which also has a reproduction in Buenos Aires . Shortly after the grand opening, Francisco Piria died on December 11, 1933, but, as Loreley Lazo, a contemporary national poet closely linked to this hotel, said, "Piria can be found in everything his iron will created. He
18-618: The Palacio Piria was acquired by the Uruguayan State, and destined to house the Supreme Court of Justice. On the occasion of Heritage Day , the palace opens its doors to be visited by the public. This article about a Uruguayan building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Francisco Piria Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi ( Montevideo , 21 August 1847 - 11 December 1933)
24-402: The best training of the time in humanities and sciences. Later he opened a workshop where he sold ready-to-wear clothing on the corner of Treinta y Tres and Rincón streets. Endowed with an exceptional business acumen, which was not lagging behind his advertising inventiveness, he bought thousands of yards of thick fabric and had a kind of long capes made, which he named Rémington. Francisco Piria
30-456: Was a Uruguayan inventor, alchemist , writer, politician and businessman of Italian descent. He was notable for establishing the city and seaside resort known as Piriápolis . Piria was a son of Genoese immigrants Lorenzo Piria and Serafina de Grossi. The premature death of his father caused his mother to send him to study in Italy . Back to Uruguay , under the supervision of his uncle, he received
36-449: Was in charge of creating the first seaside resort town in Uruguay. In 1890 he bought 2700 hectares of land, an extension that stretched from Sugar Loaf Mountain to the sea, and in 1905 he built the first Grand Hotel, called Hotel Piriápolis (today, Colonia Escolar de Vacaciones). In 1910 he began the construction of the promenade, where he was inspired by his trips to Europe , more precisely to
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