The Brussels Courthouse has a clone… in Lima!
Updated on December 7, 2022 by pierre
The almost exact copy of the Brussels Courthouse…. In Lima
If you landed from another planet without knowing the colors of the Belgian flag, it would be a safe bet that you would take it for the Belgian. Indeed, it looks like the colossus of pierre of 1823 imagined by Joseph Poelaert would have inspired more than one.
If you go to Lima, you can admire the Supreme Court of Peru, which strangely resembles the courthouse in Brussels. This Peruvian work replicating the Belgian, is a work of the Polish architect Bruno Paprowsky. The latter would have built the Peruvian in 1939. Paprowsky was however more modest than Poelart because the dimensions are smaller than the version of the Brussels courthouse. Also, the interior space is more cramped and there is no dome on the roof. That of Brussels culminates at 103 meters.
We are not commenting on the quality. It remains to be seen if in a few years, the Pérpivian will also be like the Belgian… all gray and supported by scaffolding.
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