{{Short description|Judiciary building in Brindisi, Italy}} {{Infobox building |name = Brindisi Courthouse |image = |image_size = |caption = |location = Brindisi, Apulia, Italy |coordinates = {{coord|40|37|22.81|N|17|55|43.58|E|display=inline,title}} |status = |construction_start_date = 1957 |completion_date = 1961 |est_completion = |opening_date = |building_type = |antenna_spire = |roof = |top_floor = |floor_count = |elevator_count = |cost = |floor_area = |architect = Sergio Lenci, Carlo Aymonino |structural_engineer= G. Peretto |main_contractor = |developer = |owner = }} The '''Brindisi Courthouse''' ({{langx|it|Palazzo di Giustizia di Brindisi||Palace of Justice of Brindisi}}) is a judicial complex located on Via Angelo Lanzellotti in Brindisi, Italy.
==History== In 1957, the Ministry of Justice launched a public competition for the design of the new judicial offices in Brindisi. The project was entrusted to architects Carlo Aymonino and Sergio Lenci. It was completed in 1961.<ref name=censimento>{{Cite web|url=https://censimentoarchitetturecontemporanee.cultura.gov.it/scheda-opera?id=90|title=Palazzo di Giustizia|work=Censimento architetture contemporanee|publisher=Ministero della cultura|access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref><ref name=freda>{{Cite book|chapter=Palazzo di Giustizia, Brindisi, 1958-1961|last=Freda|first=Gianluigi|year=2021|title=Carlo Aymonino. Fedeltà al tradimento / Loyalty to Betrayal|editor=Manuel Orazi|publisher=Electa|place=Milan|pages=138–141}}</ref>
==Description== The courthouse features a complex composition of volumes of varying heights, including cylindrical, pyramidal, box-like, and protruding elements. Each facade exhibits different arrangements of openings, while the floors are organized according to function: from the ground floor with pilotis and a central courtyard to the sixth floor housing court offices, a tribunal, the prosecutor's office and a library.<ref name=censimento/>
The main body is a six-story rectangular block with ribbon windows framed by pilasters, crowned by a triangular volume for the library. The north facade, facing Via Togliatti, stands out with a low volume supported on pilotis and a sculptural spiral staircase, topped by a pyramidal volume. A taller cylindrical element vertically connects the building to the corner with Via Togliatti. The south end features an external walkway connecting to the later-built prosecutor's office. On the west side, articulated volumes and cylindrical elements serve as vertical connectors.<ref name=censimento/><ref name=freda/>
==Critical reception== The use of reinforced concrete, pilotis, and pure forms reflects Modern architecture principles, while the experimental approach emphasizes the relationship between light and architecture through a plastically articulated volume composition, influenced by Le Corbusier.<ref name=censimento/><ref name=freda/><ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Moschini|first1=Francesco|last2=D'Alba|first2=Vincenzo|last3=Maggiore|first3=Francesco|year=2009|title=La Puglia: considerazioni sul contemporaneo|magazine=Ottagono|issue=221|pages=162–165}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|editor1=Pagliuca, Antonello|editor2=Saito, Mauro|year=2019|title=9x100= '900. 9 itinerari x 100 architetture del '900. Basilicata-Puglia|publisher=Gangemi|place=Rome|pages=132–133}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== *{{Cite book|chapter=Palazzo di Giustizia, Brindisi, 1958-1961|last=Freda|first=Gianluigi|year=2021|title=Carlo Aymonino. Fedeltà al tradimento / Loyalty to Betrayal|editor=Manuel Orazi|publisher=Electa|place=Milan|pages=138–141}} *{{Cite book|last=Lenci|first=Ruggero|author-link=Ruggero Lenci|year=2000|title=Sergio Lenci. L'opera architettonica 1950-2000|publisher=Diagonale|place=Rome}} *{{Cite magazine|last1=Moschini|first1=Francesco|last2=D'Alba|first2=Vincenzo|last3=Maggiore|first3=Francesco|year=2009|title=La Puglia: considerazioni sul contemporaneo|magazine=Ottagono|issue=221|pages=162–165}} *{{Cite book|editor1=Pagliuca, Antonello|editor2=Saito, Mauro|year=2019|title=9x100= '900. 9 itinerari x 100 architetture del '900. Basilicata-Puglia|publisher=Gangemi|place=Rome|pages=132–133}} *{{Cite book|editor1=Polano, Sergio|editor2=Mulazzani, Marco|year=1991|title=Guida all'architettura italiana del Novecento|publisher=Electa|place=Milan}} ==External links== *{{Cite web|url=https://tribunale-brindisi.giustizia.it/|title=Tribunale di Brindisi|publisher=Ministero della giustizia}} *{{Cite web|url=https://censimentoarchitetturecontemporanee.cultura.gov.it/scheda-opera?id=90|title=Palazzo di Giustizia|work=Censimento architetture contemporanee|publisher=Ministero della cultura|access-date=3 September 2025}}
Category:Buildings and structures in the Province of Brindisi Category:Courthouses in Italy Category:Government buildings completed in 1961