Fourth project drawing of Palace of Justice

3D Model

The project of the Palace of Justice of Catania was commissioned to Francesco Fichera in 1936. The building, located within the large square Giovanni Verga, required a thorough process of study and design, which was followed by 15 years to complete the construction. Fichera experimented various solutions, as shown by the many archive drawings, arriving at five hypotheses, the last corresponds to the realized project. The fourth project proposal can be seen from the following 3D model, the general architectural layout is similar to the third project proposal which recalls a large classical temple with a squared volume. There are still the six large courts and the giant order pilasters that involve the three secondary facades and the full-height colonnade of the main facade. The ordinary and extraordinary Courts are united in a single apse.