COURT OF APPEAL OF LITHUANIA

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The Court of Appeal of Lithuania is a palace built at the end of the 19th century to house the court of the Vilnius Governorate of the former Russian Empire. In 1920, Mykolas Romeris, a judge, professor and the founder of Lithuanian constitutional law, worked here. Throughout its long history, the splendid historicist building has housed institutions that have served various regimes.

The huge, symmetrically shaped building with two courtyards takes up almost half the block. Other European cities had similarly structured courthouses. The façades and interiors of the building have been given neoclassical forms, with many eclectic decorative details, and the symmetry of the building is not only emphasised on the façade, but is also replicated inside. The interior of the building is decorated with ornate staircases with preserved authentic railings, historic stoves, and preserved details such as handmade window handles.

The building commemorates a long period of history and currently houses the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, the Lithuanian Special Archives, the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, and the Court of Appeal of Lithuania and the Vilnius Regional Court.