Palais de Justice. What the heck is the name for a building like that in English? It's where all the courtrooms are. (There are some other less impressive buildings around with more courtrooms btw) And it looks somewhat strange with the scaffoldings around. They're cleaning the facade at the moment.
It dates from the Leopold II period and is built with lots of money gained stolen in Congo.
I thought looked like scaffolding or something. I figured perhaps it was being restored.
In a small town like I live in we'd call a building that housed courtrooms "the courthouse". The courthouse is kind of a town meeting place in small towns and most of the government offices are there.
But in a large city, were they'd have bigger regional or federal courts, it would probably just be the "federal building", which is where the national or federal government would have it's local offices and courtrooms.
Yep courthouose would be it, but much much bigger. It doesn't house any government, though? That is completely seperated from justice (apart from the federal minister for justice). I could start explaining the judicial system in Belgium, but let's just keep it at the fact it has a hierarchical structure, which implicates that for certain crimes you only go to one of five high courts in Belgium. This is one of them, and it was meant to look like a cathedral to impress the people living down. Most of it is probably filled with offices for judges etc. There are also some cells in the basement, judicial police lurking around, and lawyers running around in togas.
We call them togas. Isn't that the correct word for it? Professors wear similar digs sometimes. Ah yes, they're called robes. Judges and wigs? Now I have to think, but I believe no, that's Anglo-style.
For me, togas are exclusively Roman - or what the Geek trio wears in that very short clip from I believe Storyteller. I didn't know that other languages were more encompassing in their definition. Interesting!
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Date: 2007-06-04 07:35 pm (UTC)Thanks for the nice pictures. You truly have your own signature. (And you actualy managed to remember all my tourist guide information!)
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Date: 2007-06-04 07:40 pm (UTC)Thanks again for showing me around!
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Date: 2007-06-04 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-05 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-05 08:08 am (UTC)And it looks somewhat strange with the scaffoldings around. They're cleaning the facade at the moment.
It dates from the Leopold II period and is built with lots of money
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Date: 2007-06-05 11:32 am (UTC)In a small town like I live in we'd call a building that housed courtrooms "the courthouse". The courthouse is kind of a town meeting place in small towns and most of the government offices are there.
But in a large city, were they'd have bigger regional or federal courts, it would probably just be the "federal building", which is where the national or federal government would have it's local offices and courtrooms.
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Date: 2007-06-05 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-05 03:00 pm (UTC)Your lawyers wear togas? Like the Romans? Or do they wear robes?
BTW, do your judges have wigs or is that strictly Anglo-style?
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Date: 2007-06-05 04:56 pm (UTC)Judges and wigs? Now I have to think, but I believe no, that's Anglo-style.
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Date: 2007-06-05 05:00 pm (UTC)For me, togas are exclusively Roman - or what the Geek trio wears in that very short clip from I believe Storyteller. I didn't know that other languages were more encompassing in their definition. Interesting!